Construction Managers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,742
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$34,658
28.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,169
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$123,400
Kept after tax
$88,742
Worth in national money
$90,169
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for construction managers. The middle earner takes $123,400, which ranks 15 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 7.31% above the national middle.
- Within Minnesota this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, construction managers ranks 34 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $123,400, tax leaves $88,742, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $90,169 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $128,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 15 of 51 states publishing a median for construction managers, at $123,400 — about 7.31% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Minnesota publishes a median for, construction managers sits 34 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for construction managers — median $123,400 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $88,742 retained, $90,169 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $128,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $123,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $184,260 |
| This salary | $123,400 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Minnesota | $88,742 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,610 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,220 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $113,592 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,400 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of construction managers in Minnesota earn under $123,400 and half over. The published range runs $75,130 at the tenth percentile to $184,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $88,742, worked from $123,400. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 34 of 490.
- Two cautions on $90,169, the adjusted value of that $123,400 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Minnesota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 34 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction managers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $75,130 to $184,260; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Minnesota take-home of $88,742, on $123,400 for work ranking 34 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 34 of 490 in the state.
- This $90,169 adjusted figure, worked from $123,400, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 34 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 34 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $128,650, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $75,130 and the top tenth $184,260 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $90,169.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Minnesota then takes its own share, leaving $88,742.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Minnesota is $128,650. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($75,130) and the ninetieth ($184,260) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $90,169 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $88,742 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.