State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Construction Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $145,010. In Tennessee, $110,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.6%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+14.3%
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%
Tennessee
Construction Managers
- Median
- $110,200
- p25
- $82,720
- p75
- $147,900
- p10
- $65,780
- p90
- $183,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.