- The middle half earn between $29.79 and $46.07 an hour.
- Georgia ranks 30th of the 50 states and DC for median pay in this trade.
- Georgia pays more than all 5 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 26,770 construction supervisors on payrolls in Georgia.
- At the state median wage, a contracting business needs to bill about $136.81 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Construction Supervisor pay in Georgia, bottom to top
BLS calls this group first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers: the foremen and crew leads who run the work on site.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $24.60 | $51,170 | $25.62 |
| 25th percentile | $29.79 | $61,960 | $30.48 |
| Median | $37.71 | $78,430 | $38.42 |
| 75th percentile | $46.07 | $95,830 | $48.78 |
| 90th percentile | $57.57 | $119,750 | $61.66 |
| Average (mean) | $39.36 | $81,870 | $41.56 |
From the bottom tenth ($24.60) to the top tenth ($57.57), the top of the scale pays about 2.3 times the bottom in Georgia, close to the 2.4 times spread for construction supervisors nationwide.
Both ends trail the national figures. The bottom tenth earn $1.02 an hour less than the bottom tenth nationally, and the top tenth $4.09 less than the national top tenth.
The average, $39.36, is close to the median, so pay sits fairly evenly around the middle.
How Georgia compares with other states
Over a full year the gap to the national median is small: $78,430 in Georgia against $79,920 nationally, $1,490 less.
In the state ranking, Georgia sits 30th, between Iowa ($37.75) and Wyoming ($37.62). The range runs from $29.44 in Arkansas to $52.68 in Washington.
Georgia pays construction supervisors more than any of its neighboring states, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Someone working near the border can earn more by taking work on this side of it.
| Neighboring state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | $37.71 | $78,430 | |
| Alabama | $30.83 | $64,120 | −$6.88 an hour |
| Florida | $36.44 | $75,790 | −$1.27 an hour |
| North Carolina | $36.19 | $75,270 | −$1.52 an hour |
| South Carolina | $36.23 | $75,350 | −$1.48 an hour |
| Tennessee | $35.81 | $74,470 | −$1.90 an hour |
How many construction supervisors work in Georgia
About 26,770 construction supervisors work on payrolls in Georgia, 3.3% of the 812,210 nationwide, the 7th largest count among the states.
That is 5.5 of every 1,000 jobs in Georgia, close to the trade's share of jobs nationally.
What a contracting business in Georgia should charge
Say you run a contracting business in Georgia and pay the state median of $37.71 an hour. Here is the labor rate calculator's math on its starting numbers: 40-hour weeks, 10 paid days off, 2 unbilled hours a day, 7.65% payroll taxes, $90,000 a year of overhead and 15% profit.
| Step | Math | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Paid hours | 40 × 52 | 2,080 |
| Hours at work | 2,080 − 10 days × 8 | 2,000 |
| Billable hours | 2,000 × 6 ÷ 8 | 1,500 |
| Labor cost | $37.71 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $84,437 |
| Break-even rate | ($84,437 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $116.29 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $116.29 ÷ 0.85 | $136.81 |
That is $136.81 per billable hour, 3.6 times the wage, and $1.25 less than the $138.06 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $46.07 in Georgia, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $151.50.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $29.79, the rate only drops to $122.90.
Overhead, at $60 of every billed hour, and the unbilled hours move this rate more than a raise does. A dollar more in wages adds about $1.76 to the rate.
Run it with your own numbers in the labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Where these numbers come from
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
The figures are the BLS state estimates for SOC 47-1011, first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers, across all industries, read straight from the May 2025 state data file. They cover wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. Where BLS did not publish a figure, this page leaves it out.
All states in one table: construction supervisor salary by state.