Construction Manager Salaries in Canada

The average salary for a Construction Manager is $126,093 per year in Canada. Salaries estimates are based on 252 salaries submitted anonymously to Glassdoor by a Construction Manager employees in Canada.

The highest salary for a Construction Manager in Canada is $182,728 per year.

The lowest salary for a Construction Manager in Canada is $90,084 per year.

Salaries for construction managers are comparable to architects, landscape architects, and cost estimators. Duties include preparing cost estimates, designating contractors, monitoring project progress, ensuring compliance with building codes, and more. Construction managers working on civil engineering and heavy construction projects typically earn higher salaries than those working on residential projects. The median wage in Canada currently stands above average, with employees working in the Yukon Territory earning more on the high end and less in Nova Scotia on the low end.

To make more money as a construction manager, you need to continuously deliver projects on-time and on-budget. The subcontractors that you manage on a given job must perform at or above expectations, and the work you complete has to be satisfactory to the clients who hire you. The more often that you do all of this consistently, the more jobs you’ll get, and the more complex jobs you’ll be able to bid on (which generally pay more money). There’s no quick or easy path to a higher salary, but you can make sure you’re doing all you can to earn more by sharpening your math skills, familiarizing yourself with suppliers and their costs, and hiring the most talented teams for your jobs.

Before asking for a raise, it can help to review construction manager job openings near you in order to get a sense of the labour market. See if your skills and experience align with higher-paying roles. If this is the case, return to your employer and ask if they’d be willing to increase your salary. Base your request on any schedule or budget metrics you have to support your competence. Positive feedback from clients and subcontractors can also help. Your employer may not match a different company’s salary just by virtue of them offering it, so it may be in your best interests to interview at these different companies in order to receive a higher-paying job offer that you can present to your current employer to match.

About 78.02% of Construction Manager professionals feel satisfied with their salary, according to anonymous Glassdoor ratings. An additional $18,148 in potential pay per year, among other factors, can qualify the annual pay of a Construction Manager in Canada as a good salary.

Construction Manager professionals in Canada have a wide total pay range, between $67,927 and $265,726 depending on experience, with an estimated total pay of $126,093 following the average career path of a Construction Manager.