{"id":10252,"date":"2026-10-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/?p=10252"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:45:03","slug":"how-much-do-general-contractors-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/how-much-do-general-contractors-make\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Do General Contractors Make? 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try{\n    var b=document.body;\n    if(b && b.classList){b.classList.add('single-post');}\n  }catch(e){}\n})();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<article class=\"sw\">\n<header class=\"sw__hero\">\n<div class=\"sw__inner\">\n<nav class=\"sw__crumb\">Blog &nbsp;&rsaquo;&nbsp; Cost Guides<\/nav>\n<p><span class=\"sw__eyebrow\">Cost Guides &middot; Wage Data<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>How Much Do General Contractors Make? The Federal Wage Number, Explained<\/h1>\n<p class=\"sw__dek\">How much do general contractors make, straight from the federal wage table: the occupation BLS actually tracks, the full percentile spread, the crew-lead comparison, and the states that pay the most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw__dek-cta\">In a hurry? <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turn a photo into an itemized estimate<\/a> in about 6 seconds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sw__rating\"><span class=\"sw__stars\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/span> <b>4.8<\/b> <span class=\"sw__rating-sub\">on the App Store<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"sw__meta\">\n<span>SimplyWise<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>Updated October 9, 2026<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>6 min read<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"sw__fig\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two contractors in matching uniforms standing at a job site pointing at a printed site map\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1581094488379-6a10d04c0f04?w=1400&amp;h=700&amp;fit=crop&amp;q=80&amp;auto=format\"\/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"sw__body\">\n<div class=\"sw__inner\">\n<aside class=\"sw__tldr\">\n<div class=\"sw__tldr-label\">How much do general contractors make, at a glance<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>The closest occupation, Construction Managers, sits at a $55.28 median hourly wage, $114,990 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;General contractor&#8221; is not its own occupation code. BLS files it under Construction Managers, 11-9021.<\/li>\n<li>The spread is wide: $69,690 a year at the 10th percentile to $189,440 at the 90th.<\/li>\n<li>Crew leads earn far less: First-Line Supervisors median $79,920 a year, about $35,000 under a Construction Manager.<\/li>\n<li>Owner draw and profit are not in this table. OEWS counts employee wages, never a self-employed GC&#8217;s business income.<\/li>\n<li>Location beats title: New York and Washington average over $76 an hour, while Arkansas, the lowest state, sits at $42.75.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"sw__tldr-cta\"><span>Pricing a job today?<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Try SimplyWise Cost Estimator, free<\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>How much do general contractors make, by the federal wage table<\/h2>\n<p>How much do general contractors make? The federal wage survey does not use that title, so the answer starts with a substitution. BLS files the work under Construction Managers, occupation 11-9021. The May 2025 release counts 380,360 of them earning a $59.79 mean hourly wage, $124,360 a year. The median, the better number to argue from, is $55.28 an hour and $114,990 a year.<\/p>\n<p>Read the scope line first. OEWS samples employers about payroll. It skips the self employed, so a GC who owns the business is not in this table. This is what a firm pays an employed Construction Manager, not an owner-operator.<\/p>\n<h2>Why &#8220;general contractor&#8221; and &#8220;Construction Manager&#8221; are not quite the same job<\/h2>\n<p>BLS defines Construction Managers as workers who plan, direct, and coordinate construction activities, the GC role on paper. The survey sees the employee side only: a project manager on staff, not the owner who bids the jobs. Treat this row as the labor floor, not a ceiling on what the business pays.<\/p>\n<h2>The spread is the story, not the average<\/h2>\n<p>A single mean hides more than it shows. Here is the full percentile table, national, May 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sw__table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"sw__table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Percentile<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Hourly wage<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Annual wage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>10th<\/td>\n<td>$33.50<\/td>\n<td>$69,690<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25th<\/td>\n<td>$42.57<\/td>\n<td>$88,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Median<\/td>\n<td>$55.28<\/td>\n<td>$114,990<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>75th<\/td>\n<td>$72.91<\/td>\n<td>$151,640<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>90th<\/td>\n<td>$91.08<\/td>\n<td>$189,440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Construction Manager at the 90th percentile earns nearly three times one at the 10th. A single &#8220;average GC salary&#8221; headline flattens that into one misleading figure.<\/p>\n<h2>Crew lead versus general contractor: the pay gap<\/h2>\n<p>The step from swinging a hammer to running the job is worth checking against the same table. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades earned a $41.56 mean, $38.42 median hourly wage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sw__table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"sw__table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Occupation<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Employment<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Hourly mean<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Hourly median<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Construction Managers (11-9021)<\/td>\n<td>380,360<\/td>\n<td>$59.79<\/td>\n<td>$55.28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>First-Line Supervisors, Construction Trades (47-1011)<\/td>\n<td>812,210<\/td>\n<td>$41.56<\/td>\n<td>$38.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The gap runs about $17 an hour at the median, close to $35,000 a year: the premium for running the whole job instead of leading the crew on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw__inline-cta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turn a job-site photo into an itemized estimate, free &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Where general contractors earn the most<\/h2>\n<p>Geography moves a Construction Manager&#8217;s pay a long way. These are state hourly means, pulled state by state rather than scaled down from the national figure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sw__table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"sw__table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">State<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Hourly mean<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Against national<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>New York<\/td>\n<td>$76.69<\/td>\n<td>plus $16.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Washington<\/td>\n<td>$76.39<\/td>\n<td>plus $16.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Massachusetts<\/td>\n<td>$74.95<\/td>\n<td>plus $15.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>National<\/td>\n<td>$59.79<\/td>\n<td>baseline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arkansas<\/td>\n<td>$42.75<\/td>\n<td>minus $17.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Metro areas spread even wider: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California tops the list at $80.88 an hour.<\/p>\n<h2>How to use these numbers to price your own rate<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"sw__steps\">\n<li>\n<h3>Anchor on the median, not the mean<\/h3>\n<p>The median, $55.28 an hour, sits closer to a typical GC employee&#8217;s pay. The mean gets pulled up by the high earners at the top of the range.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Add back what OEWS leaves out<\/h3>\n<p>This table prices the labor of running a job, not the business of owning one. Layer in the margin and overhead an employee never carries.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Check it against your crew leads<\/h3>\n<p>Compare your billed rate to the $38.42 supervisor median. If you sit close to it, you are pricing your time like a crew lead, not a GC.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Bake the real rate into every estimate<\/h3>\n<p>Management time is a line item, not a rounding error folded into materials. Price it so it survives a client&#8217;s redline.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>SimplyWise Cost Estimator for pricing your own time<\/h2>\n<section class=\"sw__promo\">\n<p>SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a job-site photo into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds. Material, labor, and fee lines are editable, so management time gets its own line instead of disappearing into the total. Send a branded quote the client signs to approve. $29.99\/mo or $239.99\/yr, about $20\/mo annual, with a 7-day free trial.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sw__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Try SimplyWise Cost Estimator, free<\/a><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Keep reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/contractor-hourly-labor-rates-by-trade\/\">Contractor Hourly Labor Rates by Trade<\/a>: the same wage table, every crew role.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/how-much-do-roofers-make\/\">How Much Do Roofers Make<\/a>: the same BLS approach, one trade down.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/how-to-start-a-general-contracting-business\/\">How to Start a General Contracting Business<\/a>: the cost of the company behind the title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sw__sources\">\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<h3>Federal wage data<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BLS OEWS, May 2025 national estimates, occupation 11-9021 &#8220;Construction Managers&#8221;: employment, mean, median, and percentile wages. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/download.bls.gov\/pub\/time.series\/oe\/oe.data.0.Current\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">download.bls.gov\/pub\/time.series\/oe\/oe.data.0.Current<\/a>, captured 2026-10-09.<\/li>\n<li>BLS OEWS, May 2025, occupation 47-1011 &#8220;First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers&#8221;: employment, mean, median. Same file, captured 2026-10-09.<\/li>\n<li>BLS OEWS, May 2025 state and metro estimates, occupation 11-9021, hourly mean. Same file, areatypes S and M, captured 2026-10-09.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What we could not verify<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook&#8217;s 2024 to 2034 growth projection for Construction Managers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/management\/construction-managers.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bls.gov\/ooh\/management\/construction-managers.htm<\/a> returned HTTP 403 with an &#8220;Access Denied&#8221; page body on 2026-10-09, so no projection figure appears here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>SimplyWise product facts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/simplywise-cost-estimator\/id6670619664\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator on the App Store<\/a>, 4.8 rating, verified 2026-10-09.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"sw__faq\">\n<div class=\"sw__inner\">\n<h2>How much do general contractors make: common questions<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"sw__faq-cat\">The wage number<\/h3>\n<details>\n<summary>How much do general contractors make an hour?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>The closest federal occupation, Construction Managers, earned a $55.28 median and $59.79 mean hourly wage in May 2025 (BLS OEWS). The middle half of the occupation runs from $42.57 to $72.91 an hour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How much do general contractors make a year?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Construction Managers earned a $114,990 median and $124,360 mean annual wage in the same release. The range runs from $69,690 at the 10th percentile to $189,440 at the 90th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<h3 class=\"sw__faq-cat\">What the number leaves out<\/h3>\n<details>\n<summary>Does this wage include what a GC takes home as the business owner?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>No. OEWS excludes the self employed entirely. A GC who owns the company and draws profit, not a wage, does not appear in this table. Treat the figure as the labor floor, not the business ceiling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Which states pay general contractors the most?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>New York leads at a $76.69 hourly mean, with Washington at $76.39. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest-paying metro at $80.88 an hour (BLS OEWS, May 2025).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<h3 class=\"sw__faq-cat\">Pricing your own rate<\/h3>\n<details>\n<summary>Can I measure a job site with my phone camera instead of a tape?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>On a Pro iPhone, yes: the room scan uses LiDAR to capture measurements. On any phone, SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a job-site photo into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, and you can describe the project using your voice, dimensions included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Does SimplyWise Cost Estimator help me price my own labor into a bid?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Yes. Draft estimates carry material, labor, and fee line items, each with a unit and price, so management time gets its own visible line. Pricing is $29.99\/mo or $239.99\/yr, with a 7-day free trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sw__final\">\n<div class=\"sw__inner\">\n<span class=\"sw__eyebrow\">Price your own time<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Put a real number on the general contractor&#8217;s line item.<\/h2>\n<p>Snap a photo and get an itemized estimate with editable lines, management time included. Free to try, then $29.99\/mo or $239.99\/yr after a 7-day trial.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sw__btn sw__btn--lg\" href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Try SimplyWise, free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"Article\",\n  \"headline\": \"How Much Do General Contractors Make? 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