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Construction Managers pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Construction Managers is $166,030 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $92,100 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 80.3% above Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 5,160 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 110 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings