School District of Philadelphia / Construction Project Manager
Role across School District of Philadelphia
Construction Project Manager
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
6 people hold the Construction Project Manager role across 1 department in School District of Philadelphia, with a median total compensation of $104,066. Among 6 jurisdictions where this role is reported, School District of Philadelphia ranks #1 by median pay.
- Employees
- 6
- Median pay
- $104,066
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #1 of 6
Compared with the local labor market
Construction Project Manager pay vs. the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Construction Managers — about 3,390 people — is $124,990. School District of Philadelphia pays a median base salary of $104,066 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 28th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where School District of Philadelphia sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Construction Managers across every employer in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows School District of Philadelphia’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. School District of Philadelphia’s median base salary is 9% below that national figure, about the 40th 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at School District of Philadelphia is $104,066, 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 jurisdictions
Construction Project Manager pay in other jurisdictions
Where Construction Project Managers are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Construction Project Managerroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.