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Construction Managers salary in Brownsville, TX

Median pay for construction managers in Brownsville, TX: $71,370/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $48,070 – $112,830 · about 200 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($100,035) by −$28,665 (-29%).

What it's really worth in Brownsville

With Brownsville's cost of living at 86 (US=100), that $71,370 has the buying power of about $83,280 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $47,435 · median home $207,150 · median rent $1,460/mo.

Full Brownsville cost of living & taxes →

How Brownsville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Brownsville, TX is 184th of the 186 metros we hold construction managers wages for. Once Brownsville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 182nd.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Brownsville sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Brownsville

A median home in Brownsville, TX costs $207,150 — about 2.9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,460/mo works out at 25% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where construction managers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Brownsville.

MetroMedian payvs BrownsvilleRent vs Brownsville
New York, NY $158,380 +122% 2.4×
San Jose, CA $141,640 +98% 2.5×
Anchorage, AK $135,530 +90% 1.2×
San Francisco, CA $134,670 +89% 2.2×

Same job elsewhere in TX

MetroMedian payvs BrownsvilleRent vs Brownsville
Houston, TX $100,900 +41% 1.1×
Dallas, TX $100,420 +41% 1.1×
Austin, TX $99,270 +39% 1.1×
Beaumont, TX $97,640 +37% 0.9×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 186 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.