State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Construction Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $145,010. In South Carolina, $108,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.1%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+18.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Construction Managers
- Median
- $145,010
- p25
- $127,020
- p75
- $173,520
- p10
- $104,100
- p90
- $216,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
South Carolina
Construction Managers
- Median
- $108,110
- p25
- $86,440
- p75
- $139,570
- p10
- $71,490
- p90
- $192,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.