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Construction Managers salary in Ogden, UT

Median pay for construction managers in Ogden, UT: $94,430/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $53,530 – $134,700 · about 610 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($100,035) by −$5,605 (-6%).

What it's really worth in Ogden

With Ogden's cost of living at 96 (US=100), that $94,430 has the buying power of about $98,233 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $91,022 · median home $520,531 · median rent $1,630/mo.

Full Ogden cost of living & taxes →

How Ogden ranks for this job

On raw pay, Ogden, UT is 140th of the 186 metros we hold construction managers wages for. Once Ogden's cost of living is applied, it ranks 137th.

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

What that salary buys in Ogden

A median home in Ogden, UT costs $520,531 — about 5.5× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,630/mo works out at 21% 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 Ogden.

MetroMedian payvs OgdenRent vs Ogden
New York, NY $158,380 +68% 2.1×
San Jose, CA $141,640 +50% 2.2×
Anchorage, AK $135,530 +44% 1.1×
San Francisco, CA $134,670 +43%

Same job elsewhere in UT

MetroMedian payvs OgdenRent vs Ogden
Provo, UT $99,050 +5% 1.1×
Salt Lake City, UT $98,330 +4%

Staying in UT 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.