Construction Managers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$117,256
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$37,814
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,009
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$155,070
Kept after tax
$117,256
Worth in national money
$108,009
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for construction managers is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $155,070, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 34.86% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Washington. It ranks 28 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $155,070 the take-home is $117,256; in national-average money that behaves like $108,009. The average comes to $158,890, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For construction managers, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $155,070, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 34.86% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Washington, construction managers ranks 28 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for construction managers in Washington, on $155,070, is $117,256; deflated by the state's price level, $108,009. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $158,890 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $105,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $155,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $217,920 |
| This salary | $155,070 |
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 Washington | $117,256 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $117,256 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,656 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $155,070 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,994 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $155,070 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $105,770 and the ninetieth is $217,920 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $117,256 take-home in Washington comes from $155,070. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 28 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $108,009, the adjusted value of that $155,070 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 28 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $155,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $105,770 to $217,920. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $117,256, from $155,070, assumes a single Washington filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 28 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $108,009 — the adjusted value of that $155,070 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 28 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $105,770, the highest tenth $217,920, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $108,009 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $117,256 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($105,770) and the ninetieth ($217,920) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $108,009 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $117,256 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.