Senior Construction Manager salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 36 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Plano, Fort Worth, Irving, Grand Prairie, Arlington.

Also listed as: Construction Project Manager

Median salary$110,573
Middle 50%$110.6k–$119.4k
vs. all levels here+5%comparison median $105,000
Filings36FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $107,973 and $233,250.
PercentileSalary
10th$109,912
25th$110,573
50th (median)$110,573
75th$119,435
90th$143,701

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $105k $120k FY2022: median $104,344 (10 filings) FY2025: median $112,400 (17 filings) FY2026: median $110,573 (19 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 8 filings FY23 FY2024: 5 filings FY24 FY2025: 17 filings FY25 FY2026: 19 filings FY26 19
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021–––4
FY2022$104,344$96,338$117,11610
FY2023–––8
FY2024–––5
FY2025$112,400$110,573$135,34217
FY2026$110,573$110,573$113,30019

Cost of living

Dallas's median senior Construction Manager salary of $110,573 is worth about $107,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Construction Managers in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $103,550 in May 2025 (17,110 employed). The H-1B median here is $110,573, 7% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Trenmor$110,57310
Texas Sparks Constructionstoo few4
The Vertex Companiestoo few3
Exentialtoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $75,000 48
Mid-level · Level II $94,008 69
Senior · Level III $110,573 36
Expert · Level IV $141,795 46

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$70,678$75,00048
Mid-level · Level II$90,085$94,00869
Senior · Level III$110,573$110,57336
Expert · Level IV$131,082$141,79546

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.