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Employees are generally expected to have a bachelor's degree. About 29% of construction project managers hold a bachelor's degree or better. Currently 31% of workers have some college education, though not a degree. About 40% of employees were able to get their jobs with a high-school diploma.

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Area Job Conditions

Construction project managers are relatively common in Bend (Oregon), Fort Walton Beach (Florida), and Carson City (Nevada). They are rarer in La Crosse (Wisconsin), Parkersburg (West Virginia), and Erie (Pennsylvania).

Workers are paid highest in Punta Gorda (Florida), New York (New York), and Port St. Lucie (Florida), and lowest in Harrisonburg (Virginia), Pueblo (Colorado), and Brownsville (Texas).


Part-Time and Self Employment

About 5% of construction project managers work less than full-time. In 56% of the cases, workers work for themselves.


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Construction Project Managers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anniston $77,000 40 -33%
Auburn $86,000 60 +4%
Birmingham $89,000 770 +4%
Decatur $77,000 80 +12%
Dothan $70,000 60 -23%
Florence $71,000 70 +1%
Huntsville $83,000 150 -51%
Mobile $77,000 260 +2%
Montgomery $88,000 150 -36%
Tuscaloosa $76,000 130 +4%

Alaska

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anchorage $105,000 430 +77%
Fairbanks $101,000 80 +97%

Arizona

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Flagstaff $80,000 50 -33%
Kingman $101,000 70 +13%
Phoenix $98,000 2,490 -7%
Prescott $61,000 170 +137%
Tucson $81,000 430 -16%
Yuma $73,000 70 -5%

Arkansas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Fayetteville $69,000 320 +8%
Fort Smith $71,000 190 +9%
Hot Springs $63,000 50 +8%
Jonesboro $56,000 40 -35%
Little Rock $70,000 360 -30%

California

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bakersfield $102,000 400 +4%
Chico $110,000 70 -26%
El Centro $82,000 30 -54%
Fresno $105,000 280 -41%
Los Angeles $114,000 3,510 -43%
Madera $102,000 50 +24%
Modesto $89,000 120 -46%
Napa $107,000 120 +42%
Oakland $114,000 1,860 +23%
Oxnard $123,000 370 -16%
Redding $100,000 70 -13%
Riverside $100,000 1,660 -9%
Sacramento $110,000 1,260 -4%
Salinas 120 -48%
San Diego $107,000 1,890 -5%
San Francisco $124,000 1,320 -12%
San Jose $125,000 1,220 -10%
San Luis Obispo $106,000 140 +8%
Santa Ana $103,000 3,190 +45%
Santa Barbara $105,000 220 -9%
Santa Cruz $107,000 70 -42%
Santa Rosa $123,000 240 -5%
Stockton $102,000 210 -32%
Vallejo $104,000 240 +41%
Visalia $87,000 100 -48%

Colorado

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Boulder $93,000 220 0%
Colorado Springs $90,000 310 -17%
Denver $95,000 1,850 -2%
Fort Collins $80,000 130 -27%
Grand Junction $79,000 90 +18%
Pueblo $78,000 50 -34%

Connecticut

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bridgeport $87,000 580 -9%
Danbury $110,000 110 +19%
Hartford $95,000 770 -11%
New Haven $121,000 380 -6%
Norwich $111,000 130 -25%
Waterbury $94,000 80 -13%

Delaware

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Dover $97,000 60 -12%
Wilmington $107,000 480 -1%

District of Columbia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Washington $108,000 4,200 +14%

Florida

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Cape Coral $96,000 510 +81%
Deltona $70,000 270 +22%
Fort Lauderdale $100,000 1,110 +5%
Fort Walton Beach $93,000 180 +72%
Gainesville $75,000 170 -2%
Jacksonville $109,000 1,280 +41%
Lakeland $88,000 380 +38%
Miami $113,000 1,430 -4%
Naples $82,000 360 +128%
Ocala $83,000 120 -2%
Orlando $97,000 2,340 +52%
Palm Bay $83,000 330 +14%
Panama City $92,000 150 +60%
Pensacola $91,000 280 +31%
Port St Lucie $94,000 230 +36%
Punta Gorda $77,000 60 +19%
Sarasota $91,000 690 +90%
Sebastian $77,000 70 +13%
Tallahassee $82,000 320 +37%
Tampa $95,000 1,830 +6%
West Palm Beach $120,000 1,070 +37%

Georgia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albany $80,000 50 -40%
Athens $73,000 100 +3%
Atlanta $95,000 4,200 +20%
Augusta $93,000 290 -3%
Brunswick $71,000 60 +13%
Columbus $80,000 110 -30%
Gainesville $80,000 100 +5%
Macon $85,000 90 -29%
Savannah $88,000 230 +7%
Valdosta $80,000 60 -8%

Hawaii

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Honolulu $98,000 640 -3%

Idaho

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Boise $70,000 400 +4%
Coeur Dalene $67,000 120 +79%
Idaho Falls $73,000 90 +47%
Pocatello $65,000 60 +59%

Illinois

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bloomington $76,000 90 -6%
Champaign $104,000 80 -44%
Chicago $102,000 3,550 -38%
Decatur $86,000 80 +35%
Peoria $91,000 130 -47%
Rockford $109,000 150 -26%
Springfield $86,000 50 -67%

Indiana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anderson $79,000 60 +23%
Bloomington $73,000 40 -58%
Columbus $79,000 30 -39%
Elkhart $68,000 140 -8%
Evansville $89,000 270 +9%
Fort Wayne $79,000 270 -10%
Gary $85,000 560 +41%
Indianapolis $88,000 1,760 +30%
Lafayette $91,000 40 -61%
Michigan City $88,000 50 -6%
South Bend $89,000 120 -35%
Terre Haute $68,000 80 -14%

Iowa

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ames $91,000 80 +68%
Cedar Rapids $110,000 180 -10%
Davenport $81,000 220 -19%
Des Moines $77,000 510 +4%
Dubuque $68,000 50 -30%
Iowa City $74,000 80 -17%
Sioux City $94,000 40 -60%
Waterloo $77,000 170 +43%

Kansas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Topeka $86,000 160 +3%
Wichita $66,000 370 -13%

Kentucky

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bowling Green $64,000 90 +21%
Elizabethtown $55,000 70 +21%
Lexington $67,000 470 +33%
Louisville $71,000 1,080 +18%
Owensboro $68,000 40 -36%

Louisiana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Alexandria $80,000 130 +50%
Baton Rouge $70,000 890 +60%
Houma $71,000 90 -32%
Lafayette $80,000 150 -27%
Lake Charles $76,000 170 +38%
Monroe $88,000 50 -52%
Shreveport $88,000 150 -43%

Maine

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bangor $72,000 90 +9%
Lewiston $74,000 70 +5%
Portland $72,000 460 +57%

Maryland

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Baltimore $83,000 3,260 +64%
Bethesda $99,000 1,370 +57%
Cumberland $64,000 30 -36%
Hagerstown $97,000 70 -48%
Salisbury $75,000 60 -16%

Massachusetts

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Barnstable Town $98,000 140 +0%
Boston $107,000 1,920 -27%
Brockton $85,000 150 +19%
Framingham $104,000 240 +1%
Haverhill $101,000 110 -3%
Lawrence $90,000 60 -25%
Leominster $96,000 30 -54%
Lowell $92,000 110 -36%
Peabody $96,000 110 -23%
Springfield $92,000 320 -28%
Taunton $110,000 40 -32%
Worcester $91,000 170 -54%

Michigan

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ann Arbor $121,000 170 -30%
Battle Creek $79,000 80 +17%
Detroit $93,000 560 -45%
Flint $115,000 100 -46%
Grand Rapids $101,000 520 -8%
Holland $76,000 130 -4%
Jackson $94,000 40 -38%
Kalamazoo $71,000 140 -28%
Lansing $100,000 150 -48%
Monroe $94,000 60 +29%
Muskegon $115,000 40 -46%
Niles $88,000 90 +16%
Saginaw $90,000 60 -47%
Warren $97,000 1,460 -11%

Minnesota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Duluth $85,000 110 -41%
Minneapolis $95,000 1,440 -47%
Rochester $84,000 60 -58%
St Cloud $76,000 70 -48%

Mississippi

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Gulfport $60,000 220 +45%
Hattiesburg $76,000 70 -9%
Jackson $71,000 260 -31%
Pascagoula $79,000 70 +15%

Missouri

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Columbia $73,000 50 -55%
Jefferson City $96,000 60 -41%
Joplin $81,000 60 -45%
Kansas City $86,000 1,530 0%
Springfield $62,000 220 -21%
St Joseph $95,000 30 -55%
St Louis $94,000 1,700 -16%

Montana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Billings $82,000 190 +63%
Great Falls $75,000 40 -15%
Missoula $70,000 60 -14%

Nebraska

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lincoln $80,000 210 -9%
Omaha $74,000 920 +30%

Nevada

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Carson City $84,000 80 +149%
Las Vegas $102,000 1,680 +31%
Reno $91,000 380 +36%

New Hampshire

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Manchester $83,000 180 +23%
Nashua $79,000 130 -34%

New Jersey

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Atlantic City $109,000 100 -52%
Camden $125,000 760 -4%
Edison $132,000 1,450 -7%
Newark $115,000 1,240 -18%
Trenton $111,000 300 -10%
Vineland $116,000 30 -63%

New Mexico

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albuquerque $70,000 940 +63%
Farmington $78,000 110 +68%
Las Cruces $63,000 30 -65%
Santa Fe $69,000 150 +79%

New York

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albany $117,000 740 +9%
Binghamton $113,000 140 -12%
Buffalo $119,000 530 -36%
Elmira $129,000 30 -39%
Glens Falls $104,000 40 -42%
Ithaca $101,000 30 -43%
Kingston $104,000 30 -63%
Nassau $149,000 2,380 +24%
New York $136,000 8,320 +5%
Poughkeepsie $127,000 390 +7%
Rochester $105,000 740 -3%
Syracuse $99,000 470 +1%
Utica $110,000 100 -44%

North Carolina

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Asheville $75,000 270 +5%
Burlington $80,000 80 +5%
Charlotte $91,000 1,860 +44%
Durham $93,000 320 -22%
Fayetteville $82,000 140 -22%
Goldsboro $78,000 80 +53%
Greensboro $91,000 520 -2%
Greenville $86,000 100 +9%
Hickory $101,000 140 -34%
Jacksonville $84,000 60 +8%
Raleigh $95,000 1,110 +43%
Rocky Mount $82,000 80 +3%
Wilmington $83,000 300 +53%
Winston Salem $87,000 310 +0%

North Dakota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bismarck $89,000 150 +69%
Fargo $91,000 200 +15%
Grand Forks $91,000 60 -6%

Ohio

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Akron $105,000 270 -44%
Canton $91,000 150 -38%
Cincinnati $97,000 1,600 +4%
Cleveland $94,000 1,300 -16%
Columbus $98,000 1,080 -23%
Dayton $81,000 480 -16%
Lima $77,000 40 -42%
Mansfield $94,000 50 -27%
Springfield $115,000 30 -52%
Steubenville $93,000 30 -44%
Toledo $91,000 410 -6%
Youngstown $90,000 220 -34%

Oklahoma

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lawton $58,000 50 -5%
Oklahoma City $63,000 920 +6%
Tulsa $66,000 580 -10%

Oregon

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bend $81,000 190 +123%
Corvallis $76,000 60 +80%
Eugene $83,000 220 +9%
Medford $76,000 80 -25%
Portland $92,000 1,320 -15%
Salem $77,000 240 +11%

Pennsylvania

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Allentown $99,000 280 -46%
Erie $79,000 60 -67%
Harrisburg $81,000 210 -56%
Lancaster $80,000 310 -11%
Lebanon $64,000 40 -33%
Philadelphia $120,000 1,520 -48%
Pittsburgh $94,000 990 -43%
Reading $88,000 140 -42%
Scranton $91,000 120 -69%
State College $72,000 40 -53%
Williamsport $67,000 40 -42%
York $103,000 300 +17%

Rhode Island

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Providence $124,000 390 -54%

South Carolina

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anderson $82,000 60 -20%
Charleston $75,000 580 +36%
Columbia $78,000 830 +59%
Florence $71,000 80 -27%
Greenville $85,000 470 +6%
Myrtle Beach $73,000 190 +23%
Spartanburg $105,000 150 -9%

South Dakota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Rapid City $83,000 60 -31%
Sioux Falls $80,000 80 -60%

Tennessee

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Chattanooga $77,000 270 -20%
Clarksville $58,000 90 -17%
Jackson $66,000 100 +27%
Johnson City $72,000 110 +12%
Kingsport $61,000 160 -8%
Knoxville $65,000 650 +31%
Memphis $70,000 710 -24%
Morristown $49,000 30 -50%
Nashville $75,000 1,260 +13%

Texas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Abilene $91,000 90 +5%
Amarillo $65,000 150 0%
Austin $74,000 2,360 +98%
Beaumont $77,000 730 +213%
Brownsville $63,000 110 -41%
College Station $80,000 280 +117%
Corpus Christi $63,000 370 +42%
Dallas $83,000 5,110 +60%
El Paso $75,000 520 +29%
Fort Worth $80,000 1,910 +46%
Houston $83,000 7,890 +97%
Killeen $77,000 370 +101%
Laredo $72,000 110 +2%
Longview $83,000 200 +49%
Lubbock $72,000 230 +28%
Mcallen $55,000 280 -17%
Midland $79,000 130 +53%
Odessa $77,000 100 +32%
San Angelo $74,000 80 +49%
San Antonio $76,000 2,090 +58%
Sherman $68,000 70 +31%
Texarkana $67,000 80 +10%
Tyler $82,000 170 +35%
Victoria $80,000 110 +74%
Waco $80,000 210 +49%
Wichita Falls $66,000 80 +8%

Utah

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Logan $61,000 40 -36%
Ogden $75,000 220 -25%
Provo $84,000 200 -19%
Salt Lake City $80,000 910 -1%
St George $69,000 50 -17%

Vermont

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Burlington $90,000 160 +1%

Virginia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Blacksburg $68,000 60 -27%
Charlottesville $73,000 180 +50%
Harrisonburg $61,000 110 +47%
Lynchburg $71,000 100 -28%
Richmond $88,000 1,000 +8%
Roanoke $75,000 190 -16%
Virginia Beach $88,000 1,350 +18%
Winchester $80,000 100 +52%

Washington

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bellingham $93,000 110 +9%
Bremerton $89,000 120 +4%
Kennewick $117,000 150 +7%
Mount Vernon $92,000 50 -13%
Olympia $103,000 90 -35%
Seattle $110,000 2,450 +15%
Spokane $110,000 190 -37%
Tacoma $106,000 400 +2%
Yakima $129,000 50 -57%

West Virginia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Charleston $86,000 130 -38%
Huntington $73,000 110 -32%

Wisconsin

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Appleton $77,000 130 -20%
Fond $84,000 50 -10%
Green Bay $77,000 220 -10%
Janesville $81,000 80 -6%
La Crosse $86,000 50 -49%
Madison $87,000 390 -23%
Milwaukee $88,000 1,190 -5%
Oshkosh $90,000 60 -51%
Racine $73,000 110 +8%
Wausau $66,000 80 -11%

Wyoming

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Cheyenne $74,000 40 -27%
*FOOTNOTES: Job Facts salary and numbers data is based on US Department of Labor Statistics data for 2011. Other data on page may be from earlier years. Typical salary is given as median salary, where 50% in the job make more and 50% less. Salary range is Job Hunt's estimates of typical starting salary as being at the 10th percentile of reported pay and typical top end salary, for the most senior workers, as being at the 90th. Job openings is an estimate of new jobs every year due to growth plus those leaving the field. Where NA is given data is not available. Suggested studies is based on Job Hunt research, suggesting a minimum degree level that is judged to offer the best opportunities for entry-level employment. This Construction Managers schools and career page was originally researched by CityTownInfo.com.