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Construction Managers salary in Erie, PA

Median pay for construction managers in Erie, PA: $86,070/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $64,400 – $133,010 · about 50 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($100,035) by −$13,965 (-14%).

What it's really worth in Erie

With Erie's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $86,070 has the buying power of about $93,614 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $59,396 · median home $224,109 · median rent $1,138/mo.

Full Erie cost of living & taxes →

How Erie ranks for this job

On raw pay, Erie, PA is 159th of the 186 metros we hold construction managers wages for. Once Erie's cost of living is applied, it ranks 159th.

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

What that salary buys in Erie

A median home in Erie, PA costs $224,109 — about 2.6× 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 $1,138/mo works out at 16% 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 Erie.

MetroMedian payvs ErieRent vs Erie
New York, NY $158,380 +84% 3.1×
San Jose, CA $141,640 +65% 3.2×
Anchorage, AK $135,530 +57% 1.6×
San Francisco, CA $134,670 +56% 2.9×

Same job elsewhere in PA

MetroMedian payvs ErieRent vs Erie
Philadelphia, PA $121,000 +41% 1.7×
Pittsburgh, PA $109,470 +27% 1.3×
Reading, PA $106,190 +23% 1.3×
Lancaster, PA $102,680 +19% 1.3×

Staying in PA 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.