Project Manager (Construction)
Impact: Direct, tangible impact on physical infrastructure and development.
Oversees and manages construction projects from conception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. This involves planning, executing, and closing projects, coordinating resources, managing stakeholders, and mitigating risks.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Frequent
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 45
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $95,000
- Entry-level
- $70,000
- Senior
- $130,000
- Growth by 2033
- 8%
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Moderate
- Salary growth potential
- High
- Typical student debt
- $30,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Project Management Software
- Budget Management
- Risk Assessment
Soft skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-solving
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Assistant Project Manager
- Project Manager
- Senior Project Manager
- Program Manager/Director of Construction
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Low
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.8/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.2/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High