Engineering
What you can do with Construction Management
Plan, budget, and lead construction projects from blueprint to completion.
- Careers
- 5
- Early career
- $75,000
- Mid-career
- $120,000
- Growing fast
- 2 of 5
How these numbers work: A major does not have its own salary. Early and mid-career pay is what people who hold this degree earn at the start of their careers and midway through them. Career pay comes from the 5 careers a Construction Management degree commonly leads to, and counts everyone in those jobs, including people who have been doing them for thirty years. The two answer different questions, which is why they do not match.
The New York Fed does not report Construction Management on its own. Its early and mid-career figures here are for Construction Services, the broader group it places this major in.
2 of 5 careers this degree leads to are projected to grow faster than average from 2024 to 2034. Of those, Construction Manager has the most openings, about 46,800 a year.
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5 careers this degree leads to
Construction Manager
$114,990Plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise construction projects from start to finish.
- Middle half of workers
- $88,550 to $151,640
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 46,800
Work-life38Remote8Satisfaction70- Project Management
- Cost Estimation
- Blueprint Reading
- Safety Compliance
Facilities Manager
$106,660Keep buildings and campuses working: maintenance, safety, space planning, and the vendors behind them.
- Middle half of workers
- $82,020 to $138,870
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 13,200
Work-life61Remote3- Facility Operations
- Vendor Management
- Safety Compliance
- Budgeting
Civil Engineer
$100,840Design, build, and supervise infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, and water systems.
- Middle half of workers
- $79,930 to $129,680
- Growth
- Faster than average
- Openings a year
- 23,600
Work-life62Remote35Satisfaction74- Structural Analysis
- AutoCAD
- Project Management
- Geotechnical Engineering
Cost Estimator
$78,740Price the work before it happens: estimate what construction projects and products will cost to build.
- Middle half of workers
- $61,150 to $101,850
- Growth
- Declining
- Openings a year
- 16,900
Work-life52Remote62- Cost Analysis
- Blueprint Reading
- Mathematics
- Bid Preparation
Civil Engineering Technician
$64,950Support civil engineers with the drafting, surveying, and field testing that turn plans into infrastructure.
- Middle half of workers
- $51,490 to $80,650
- Growth
- Slower than average
- Openings a year
- 5,500
Work-life64Remote60- CAD Drafting
- Materials Testing
- Surveying Support
- Mathematics
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Where these pay figures come from
Early and mid-career pay is the median annual wage of full-time workers who hold a bachelor's degree in that major, ages 22 to 27 and ages 35 to 45, from 2024 data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (IPUMS). Published as Outcomes by Major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Career pay is the annual wage of everyone working in that occupation, not only recent graduates, so it includes people who have done the job for decades. The middle half is the 25th to the 75th percentile. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine (median and percentile annual wages May 2025; employment projections 2024-2034).
All figures are national. What you earn depends on where you work, who you work for, and how far you take the degree.