- The middle half earn between $38.45 and $63.32 an hour.
- Only 2 states pay construction supervisors more at the median.
- New Jersey pays more than all 3 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 16,230 construction supervisors on payrolls in New Jersey.
- At the state median wage, a contracting business needs to bill about $159.68 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Construction Supervisor pay in New Jersey, 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 | $30.39 | $63,210 | $25.62 |
| 25th percentile | $38.45 | $79,970 | $30.48 |
| Median | $50.73 | $105,510 | $38.42 |
| 75th percentile | $63.32 | $131,710 | $48.78 |
| 90th percentile | $74.01 | $153,940 | $61.66 |
| Average (mean) | $51.52 | $107,160 | $41.56 |
From the bottom tenth ($30.39) to the top tenth ($74.01), the top of the scale pays about 2.4 times the bottom in New Jersey, close to the 2.4 times spread for construction supervisors nationwide.
Both ends of the scale beat the national figures: $30.39 against $25.62 at the bottom tenth, and $74.01 against $61.66 at the top.
The average, $51.52, is close to the median, so pay sits fairly evenly around the middle.
How New Jersey compares with other states
Over a full year, the New Jersey median of $105,510 is $25,590 more than the national $79,920.
In the state ranking, New Jersey sits 3rd, between Illinois ($50.84) and Oregon ($49.55). The range runs from $29.44 in Arkansas to $52.68 in Washington.
New Jersey pays construction supervisors more than any of its neighboring states, Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania. Someone working near the border can earn more by taking work on this side of it.
These are wages as paid, not adjusted for what it costs to live in New Jersey. Rent, home prices and taxes decide how far a higher wage goes.
| Neighboring state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | $50.73 | $105,510 | |
| Delaware | $38.99 | $81,100 | −$11.74 an hour |
| New York | $46.01 | $95,700 | −$4.72 an hour |
| Pennsylvania | $39.20 | $81,540 | −$11.53 an hour |
How many construction supervisors work in New Jersey
About 16,230 construction supervisors work on payrolls in New Jersey, 2.0% of the 812,210 nationwide, the 18th largest count among the states.
It is a smaller part of local jobs than in most of the country, at 3.8 per 1,000 jobs, 0.72 times the national share.
What a contracting business in New Jersey should charge
Higher wages in New Jersey go straight into the price. Take a contracting business in New Jersey paying the state median of $50.73 and run it through the labor rate calculator with 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 | $50.73 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $113,591 |
| Break-even rate | ($113,591 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $135.73 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $135.73 ÷ 0.85 | $159.68 |
That is $159.68 per billable hour, 3.1 times the wage, and $21.62 more than the $138.06 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $63.32 in New Jersey, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $181.79.
At this wage the pay itself is the biggest part of the price, so every raise shows up in the rate: a dollar more an hour adds about $1.76 per billed hour.
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.