State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Construction Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $145,010. In South Dakota, $118,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+2.6%
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 Dakota
Construction Managers
- Median
- $118,380
- p25
- $99,830
- p75
- $132,330
- p10
- $90,210
- p90
- $161,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.