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Construction Managers salary in Duluth, MN

Median pay for construction managers in Duluth, MN: $102,520/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $78,190 – $165,710 · about 240 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($100,035) by +$2,485 (+2%).

What it's really worth in Duluth

With Duluth's cost of living at 87 (US=100), that $102,520 has the buying power of about $117,594 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $67,612 · median home $264,350 · median rent $1,381/mo.

Full Duluth cost of living & taxes →

How Duluth ranks for this job

On raw pay, Duluth, MN is 71st of the 186 metros we hold construction managers wages for. Once Duluth's cost of living is applied, it ranks 15th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Duluth is one of the places where construction managers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Duluth

A median home in Duluth, MN costs $264,350 — 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 $1,381/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 Duluth.

MetroMedian payvs DuluthRent vs Duluth
New York, NY $158,380 +54% 2.5×
San Jose, CA $141,640 +38% 2.6×
Anchorage, AK $135,530 +32% 1.3×
San Francisco, CA $134,670 +31% 2.4×

Same job elsewhere in MN

MetroMedian payvs DuluthRent vs Duluth
Minneapolis, MN $104,970 +2% 1.2×

Staying in MN 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.