City of Charlotte / Stw Strategic Planning / Construction Manager
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
2 employees hold this title in Stw Strategic Planning. Median total compensation for the role is $103,513, above the department median of $87,900.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Construction Managers — about 5,450 people — is $107,200. Stw Strategic Planning pays a median base salary of $103,513 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 47th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Construction Managers across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Stw Strategic Planning’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Construction Managers — about 380,360 people — is $114,990. Stw Strategic Planning’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 39th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Stw Strategic Planning is $103,513, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Construction Manager is held in 5 City of Charlotte departments. In Stw Strategic Planning, the median of $103,513 ranks #1 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Construction Manager role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $102,651 ranks #4 of 6. See Construction Manager across all of City of Charlotte →
Median total compensation for comparable Construction Managerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Construction Manager/Stw Strategic Planning
Source-specific fields
Chad Phifer is a Construction Manager at Stw Strategic Planning within Stw. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $103,931.
Construction Manager/Stw Strategic Planning
Source-specific fields
At Stw Strategic Planning, Christopher Bolin serves as a Construction Manager within Stw. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $103,095.