Construction Managers Salary — Charleston, West Virginia

The average Construction Managers in Charleston, West Virginia earns $86,660 a year.

$86,660 / year, mean
↓ 30.9% below national average 17th percentile in West Virginia

Charleston pays below most of West Virginia for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's well below the national average for construction managers — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
190
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.9%
Cost of living 89 #171 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $148,817 #184 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,089 #175 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Charleston ranks #171 for cost of living and #184 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $168,220 San Francisco $164,760 Seattle $163,750 Mount Vernon $163,350 New York $162,800 Longview $157,890 Bellingham $156,450 Yakima $155,820 Portland $151,370 Kennewick $151,260 Olympia $151,240 Wenatchee $149,880 Kiryas Joel $149,820 Napa $148,230 Albany $146,760 Bremerton $145,320 Rochester $142,690 Vineland $142,580 Syracuse $141,660 Atlantic City $141,400 Trenton $139,290 Los Angeles $139,240 Santa Maria $138,980 Miami $138,950 San Diego $138,000 El Centro $137,640 Oxnard $136,920 Bakersfield $136,220 Spokane $135,860 Baltimore $135,840 Philadelphia $135,120 Sacramento $134,220 Midland $133,780 Vallejo $132,990 Modesto $131,500 Santa Rosa $131,430 San Luis Obispo $131,000 Riverside $130,720 Buffalo $130,690 Salinas $130,450 Santa Cruz $129,570 Sebastian $129,510 Naples $128,140 Tampa $127,650 Kokomo $127,400 Utica $126,430 Richmond $126,100 Jacksonville $125,720 Yuba City $125,480 Orlando $125,240 Binghamton $124,920 Medford $124,630 Merced $124,450 Stockton $124,360 Allentown $124,240 Salisbury $123,700 Chico $123,570 Grants Pass $123,520 Dover $123,140 Fresno $122,190 Lexington Park $122,180 Corvallis $122,170 Bend $121,650 Wheeling $121,480 Salem $121,330 Detroit $121,130 Deltona $121,020 Chicago $120,530 Punta Gorda $120,100 Palm Bay $120,010 Wildwood $119,940 Charlottesville $119,910 Eugene $119,910 Ocala $119,740 Pittsburgh $119,440 Lexington $119,200 Virginia Beach $119,140 Sarasota $118,800 Fort Myers $118,670 Indianapolis $118,250 Pensacola $118,180 Decatur $117,960 York $117,820 Houston $117,600 Lakeland $117,560 Ann Arbor $117,300 Panama City $117,210 Watertown $117,040 Harrisburg $116,940 Reading $116,910 Gainesville $116,890 Louisville $116,840 Redding $116,760 Austin $116,740 Odessa $116,730 Evansville $116,020 Scranton $115,950 Visalia $115,810 Battle Creek $115,790 Fort Wayne $115,750 Dallas $115,370 Terre Haute $115,120 Tallahassee $114,870 Paducah $114,510 Hagerstown $114,460 Kalamazoo $114,310 Bloomington $114,200 Staunton $113,620 Flint $113,600 State College $113,350 Beaumont $113,290 Glens Falls $113,280 Midland $112,820 Bowling Green $112,670 Hanford $112,640 Albany $112,580 Lansing $112,540 Muskegon $112,540 Peoria $112,460 Grand Rapids $111,900 Elkhart $111,290 Lafayette $110,880 Lancaster $110,880 Williamsport $110,670 Columbus $110,610 South Bend $110,210 Corpus Christi $110,160 Homosassa Springs $110,130 Jackson $109,930 Roanoke $109,770 Crestview $109,700 Springfield $109,620 Saginaw $109,570 Rockford $109,530 Kingston $109,430 Erie $108,240 Altoona $108,230 Huntington $108,000 Lebanon $107,860 Michigan City $107,840 Winchester $107,120 Traverse City $106,870 Lynchburg $106,100 Harrisonburg $105,940 Champaign $105,750 Niles $105,750 San Antonio $105,580 Monroe $105,530 Parkersburg $105,470 Killeen $105,290 Blacksburg $105,190 Amarillo $104,850 Abilene $104,360 San Angelo $103,520 Bay City $102,790 Bloomington $102,570 Wichita Falls $102,140 Owensboro $102,090 Gettysburg $102,020 Morgantown $101,930 Chambersburg $101,080 Elizabethtown $100,860 Sherman $100,490 Waco $100,050 Sebring $99,940 Weirton $99,670 Muncie $99,160 Longview $98,810 Johnstown $98,630 McAllen $97,690 College Station $97,290 Lubbock $96,550 Laredo $94,880 El Paso $94,550 Kankakee $94,510 Texarkana $94,280 Brownsville $94,270 Tyler $92,750 Victoria $91,880 Charleston $86,660
CityMean salaryvs. Charleston
Abilene, Texas$104,360+20.4%
Albany, Oregon$112,580+29.9%
Albany, New York$146,760+69.4%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$124,240+43.4%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$108,230+24.9%
Amarillo, Texas$104,850+21.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$117,300+35.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$141,400+63.2%
Austin, Texas$116,740+34.7%
Bakersfield, California$136,220+57.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$135,840+56.8%
Battle Creek, Michigan$115,790+33.6%
Bay City, Michigan$102,790+18.6%
Beaumont, Texas$113,290+30.7%
Bellingham, Washington$156,450+80.5%
Bend, Oregon$121,650+40.4%
Binghamton, New York$124,920+44.1%
Blacksburg, Virginia$105,190+21.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$102,570+18.4%
Bloomington, Indiana$114,200+31.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$112,670+30.0%
Bremerton, Washington$145,320+67.7%
Brownsville, Texas$94,270+8.8%
Buffalo, New York$130,690+50.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$118,670+36.9%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$101,080+16.6%
Champaign, Illinois$105,750+22.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$119,910+38.4%
Chicago, Illinois$120,530+39.1%
Chico, California$123,570+42.6%
College Station, Texas$97,290+12.3%
Columbus, Indiana$110,610+27.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas$110,160+27.1%
Corvallis, Oregon$122,170+41.0%
Crestview, Florida$109,700+26.6%
Dallas, Texas$115,370+33.1%
Decatur, Illinois$117,960+36.1%
Deltona, Florida$121,020+39.6%
Detroit, Michigan$121,130+39.8%
Dover, Delaware$123,140+42.1%
El Centro, California$137,640+58.8%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$100,860+16.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$111,290+28.4%
El Paso, Texas$94,550+9.1%
Erie, Pennsylvania$108,240+24.9%
Eugene, Oregon$119,910+38.4%
Evansville, Indiana$116,020+33.9%
Flint, Michigan$113,600+31.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$115,750+33.6%
Fresno, California$122,190+41.0%
Gainesville, Florida$116,890+34.9%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$102,020+17.7%
Glens Falls, New York$113,280+30.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$111,900+29.1%
Grants Pass, Oregon$123,520+42.5%
Hagerstown, Maryland$114,460+32.1%
Hanford, California$112,640+30.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$116,940+34.9%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$105,940+22.2%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$110,130+27.1%
Houston, Texas$117,600+35.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$108,000+24.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$118,250+36.5%
Jackson, Michigan$109,930+26.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$125,720+45.1%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$98,630+13.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$114,310+31.9%
Kankakee, Illinois$94,510+9.1%
Kennewick, Washington$151,260+74.5%
Killeen, Texas$105,290+21.5%
Kingston, New York$109,430+26.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$149,820+72.9%
Kokomo, Indiana$127,400+47.0%
Lafayette, Indiana$110,880+27.9%
Lakeland, Florida$117,560+35.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$110,880+27.9%
Lansing, Michigan$112,540+29.9%
Laredo, Texas$94,880+9.5%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$107,860+24.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$119,200+37.5%
Lexington Park, Maryland$122,180+41.0%
Longview, Texas$98,810+14.0%
Longview, Washington$157,890+82.2%
Los Angeles, California$139,240+60.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$116,840+34.8%
Lubbock, Texas$96,550+11.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$106,100+22.4%
McAllen, Texas$97,690+12.7%
Medford, Oregon$124,630+43.8%
Merced, California$124,450+43.6%
Miami, Florida$138,950+60.3%
Michigan City, Indiana$107,840+24.4%
Midland, Michigan$112,820+30.2%
Midland, Texas$133,780+54.4%
Modesto, California$131,500+51.7%
Monroe, Michigan$105,530+21.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$101,930+17.6%
Mount Vernon, Washington$163,350+88.5%
Muncie, Indiana$99,160+14.4%
Muskegon, Michigan$112,540+29.9%
Napa, California$148,230+71.0%
Naples, Florida$128,140+47.9%
New York, New York$162,800+87.9%
Niles, Michigan$105,750+22.0%
Sarasota, Florida$118,800+37.1%
Ocala, Florida$119,740+38.2%
Odessa, Texas$116,730+34.7%
Olympia, Washington$151,240+74.5%
Orlando, Florida$125,240+44.5%
Owensboro, Kentucky$102,090+17.8%
Oxnard, California$136,920+58.0%
Paducah, Kentucky$114,510+32.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$120,010+38.5%
Panama City, Florida$117,210+35.3%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$105,470+21.7%
Pensacola, Florida$118,180+36.4%
Peoria, Illinois$112,460+29.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$135,120+55.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$119,440+37.8%
Portland, Oregon$151,370+74.7%
Punta Gorda, Florida$120,100+38.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$116,910+34.9%
Redding, California$116,760+34.7%
Richmond, Virginia$126,100+45.5%
Riverside, California$130,720+50.8%
Roanoke, Virginia$109,770+26.7%
Rochester, New York$142,690+64.7%
Rockford, Illinois$109,530+26.4%
Sacramento, California$134,220+54.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$109,570+26.4%
Salem, Oregon$121,330+40.0%
Salinas, California$130,450+50.5%
Salisbury, Maryland$123,700+42.7%
San Angelo, Texas$103,520+19.5%
San Antonio, Texas$105,580+21.8%
San Diego, California$138,000+59.2%
San Francisco, California$164,760+90.1%
San Jose, California$168,220+94.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$131,000+51.2%
Santa Cruz, California$129,570+49.5%
Santa Maria, California$138,980+60.4%
Santa Rosa, California$131,430+51.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$115,950+33.8%
Seattle, Washington$163,750+89.0%
Sebastian, Florida$129,510+49.4%
Sebring, Florida$99,940+15.3%
Sherman, Texas$100,490+16.0%
South Bend, Indiana$110,210+27.2%
Spokane, Washington$135,860+56.8%
Springfield, Illinois$109,620+26.5%
State College, Pennsylvania$113,350+30.8%
Staunton, Virginia$113,620+31.1%
Stockton, California$124,360+43.5%
Syracuse, New York$141,660+63.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$114,870+32.6%
Tampa, Florida$127,650+47.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$115,120+32.8%
Texarkana, Texas$94,280+8.8%
Traverse City, Michigan$106,870+23.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$139,290+60.7%
Tyler, Texas$92,750+7.0%
Utica, New York$126,430+45.9%
Vallejo, California$132,990+53.5%
Victoria, Texas$91,880+6.0%
Vineland, New Jersey$142,580+64.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$119,140+37.5%
Visalia, California$115,810+33.6%
Waco, Texas$100,050+15.5%
Watertown, New York$117,040+35.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$99,670+15.0%
Wenatchee, Washington$149,880+73.0%
Wheeling, West Virginia$121,480+40.2%
Wichita Falls, Texas$102,140+17.9%
Wildwood, Florida$119,940+38.4%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$110,670+27.7%
Winchester, Virginia$107,120+23.6%
Yakima, Washington$155,820+79.8%
York, Pennsylvania$117,820+36.0%
Yuba City, California$125,480+44.8%
Gross salary
86,660/yr
Estimated take-home
66,715/yr
Est. total withheld
23.0%

Single filer, federal + West Virginia state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 11-9021 SOC code
Official area Charleston, WV BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
207,456