Construction Management and Engineering Compensation: Wisconsin
A public-source statewide wage profile of Wisconsin, May 2025
What construction managers, cost estimators, construction supervisors, and civil engineers earn across Wisconsin — BLS OEWS percentiles benchmarked against national levels, with QCEW construction-industry wage context.
Overview
This profile reports what four core construction management and engineering occupations are paid across Wisconsin, using the most recent federal occupational wage statistics. All figures are statewide annual wages in US dollars from the OEWS May 2025 reference period; statewide figures average across the state's metro and non-metro labor markets. The profile is produced under the Lab's public-source compensation benchmarking method (WIL-CBM-1.0): it is a public-data profile, not a peer survey, and it describes pay positioning only — it makes no claim about labor availability or hiring conditions.
| Occupation (SOC) | 10th pctile | Median | Mean | 90th pctile | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Managers (11-9021) | $76,990 | $114,190 | $121,360 | $169,700 | 6,080 |
| Civil Engineers (17-2051) | $67,590 | $94,600 | $97,330 | $131,040 | 7,410 |
| First-Line Supervisors, Construction Trades (47-1011) | $54,840 | $85,350 | $87,010 | $122,880 | 15,150 |
| Cost Estimators (13-1051) | $50,890 | $76,270 | $78,830 | $111,530 | 5,150 |
Annual wages, US dollars. Employment is OEWS-estimated statewide occupational employment. — Sources: BLS
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — Wisconsin; United States · Methodology WIL-CBM-1.0 · Public-source federal statistics. Annual wages in US dollars; OEWS estimates are modeled from employer surveys and carry published relative standard errors.
| Occupation | Wisconsin | United States | vs. US | Rank (of 49) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Managers | $114,190 | $114,990 | −0.7% | 19th |
| Civil Engineers | $94,600 | $100,840 | −6.2% | 41st |
| First-Line Supervisors | $85,350 | $79,920 | +6.8% | 13th |
| Cost Estimators | $76,270 | $78,740 | −3.1% | 31st |
Percentages computed from OEWS medians as shown. Rank is the state's position among the 48 continental states and the District of Columbia (1 = highest median). — Sources: BLS
What the figures show
Among the 48 continental states and the District of Columbia, Wisconsin ranks 19th of 49 for construction-manager median pay ($114,190), 41st for civil engineers ($94,600), 13th for construction supervisors ($85,350), and 31st for cost estimators ($76,270). 1 of the four occupational medians stand at or above the national median. construction managers ($114,190) price below the national median; civil engineers ($94,600) price below the national median; cost estimators ($76,270) price below the national median. Industry-wide, Wisconsin's private construction average weekly wage moved from $1,511 to $1,631 between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025 (+7.9%), with employment at 154,706 (+3.9% year over year). These are observed pay comparisons only; nothing here measures how hard these roles are to fill.
| Quarter | Avg weekly wage | Employment | Establishments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q3 | $1,511 | 148,959 | 16,041 |
| 2025 Q3 | $1,631 | 154,706 | 16,916 |
Statewide, all occupations within private NAICS 23 — broader than the four profiled occupations. Year over year: average weekly wage +7.9%; employment +3.9%. Quarterly wages are not seasonally adjusted. — Sources: BLS
Method and limitations
Prepared under WIL-CBM-1.0 (Public-Source Compensation Benchmarking: A Method Note, WIL-RB-2026.3-COMP-METHOD). Wage figures are BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for Wisconsin and the United States, read from the Lab's governed warehouse (BLS_OEWS ingest, June 2026); industry context is BLS QCEW, private ownership, NAICS 23 (BLS_QCEW ingest, June 2026). Limitations: this is a public-data profile, not a peer survey — no employer-specific comparators were collected, so it does not substitute for a WIL-CBM-1.0 peer study where employer-level matching is required. Coverage is four occupations at the statewide level; metro- or employer-level variation within the state is not shown here. OEWS wages are modeled estimates with published relative standard errors; QCEW quarterly wages are not seasonally adjusted. Suppressed or unavailable cells are shown as missing — never zero. This profile asserts pay positioning only — not workforce availability, not hiring conditions.
State workforce context — Wisconsin
A live public-signal read for Wisconsin from the Lab's standing trackers — banded and directional, refreshed independently of this brief.
Source: Workforce Exposure Index and federal-award momentum — public_reports (banded). Directional, banded read — not a forecast. Methodology v2 · last updated 2026-05-26. See Live metrics for the full charts.
Version 1.0 · Published 2026-10-07T13:00:00Z · Permanent ID WIL-RB-2026.4-COMP-ST-WI. This record is versioned; the URL is permanent and stable for citation.
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@techreport{WILRB20264COMPSTWI,
title = {Construction Management and Engineering Compensation: Wisconsin: A public-source statewide wage profile of Wisconsin, May 2025},
author = {AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab},
institution = {AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab},
type = {WIL Compensation Profiles},
number = {WIL-RB-2026.4-COMP-ST-WI},
year = {2026},
note = {Version 1.0; methodology WIL-CBM-1.0},
url = {https://wilinstitute.org/library/p/compensation-profile-construction-management-wisconsin},
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