State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: New York vs South Carolina
Construction Managers in New York earn a median of $155,360. In South Carolina, $108,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.8% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.7%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+24.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Construction Managers
- Median
- $155,360
- p25
- $108,890
- p75
- $197,010
- p10
- $86,250
- p90
- $244,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.