Compared with the local labor market
Construction Manager pay vs. the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Construction Managers — about 13,850 people — is $117,280. City Wide Capital Operations pays a median base salary of $110,073 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City Wide Capital Operations sits in the local pay range
$55,500
$82,330
$117,280
$151,650
$178,140
City Wide Capital Operations median · $110,073
The bar is the range of annual wages for Construction Managers across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City Wide Capital Operations’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. City Wide Capital Operations’s median base salary is 4% below that national figure, about the 45th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$69,690
$88,550
$114,990
$151,640
$189,440
City Wide Capital Operations median · $110,073
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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at City Wide Capital Operations is $135,916, 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
This role across Chicago Public Schools
Construction Manager is held in 2 Chicago Public Schools departments. In City Wide Capital Operations, the median of $135,916 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Construction Manager role in other Chicago Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.