How much do construction schedulers make in 2026?
Construction schedulers are counted in the BLS project management specialists series: OEWS May 2025 gives the SOC 13-1082 national median as $102,320 a year ($49.19 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $61,580 and the top 10% at $167,970. That series is very large and cross-industry, covering project coordinators and management specialists in technology, healthcare and government as well as construction, so it describes project management support work generally rather than construction planning specifically. Within construction, scheduling pay follows a clear technical ladder. Producing and updating a critical path schedule from a project team's input sits around the lower half of the band. Building a schedule that genuinely models the construction logic — resource loading, procurement and long-lead constraints, weather and access windows, and realistic productivity assumptions — sits at and above the median. The top of the band belongs to schedulers who do forensic and delay analysis: time impact analysis, windows analysis and the entitlement work that determines who pays for delay on a disputed project. That skill is priced against the value of the claims it resolves, which on large projects is substantial, and it is why experienced planners move readily between contractor, owner and consultancy employment. Employment is projected to grow 5.6% through 2034 with roughly 78,200 openings a year. → Full construction scheduler career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $102,320 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Construction Schedulers earn a national median $102,320/yr ($49.19/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1082); the P10 to P90 range is $61,580 to $167,970.
- The $102,320 median comes from a large cross-industry project management series, so it describes project support work generally rather than construction planning specifically.
- Pay follows a technical ladder: schedule production and updating in the lower half, genuine logic and resource modelling around the median, forensic delay analysis at the top.
- Delay analysis is priced against the value of the claims it resolves, which is why experienced planners move readily between contractor, owner and consultancy roles.
US Construction Scheduler Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do construction schedulers earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 13-1082; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1082, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a construction scheduler earn at each career stage?
Scheduling pay follows how much construction logic and analytical judgement the role carries. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 13-1082, a broad cross-industry series.
By State
Which states pay construction schedulers the most in 2026?
State figures are modeled estimates — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers salary-calculator state wage index — not BLS state observations, and they carry the pooling caveat from a large cross-industry series. Scheduling is among the more remote-capable construction roles, which weakens the geographic signal further.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($117,670), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay construction schedulers the most?
Metro figures are modeled — national median times state wage index times published metro index — not BLS MSA observations. Specialist planning and forensic work concentrates in consultancies serving large projects, which are headquartered in major metros even when the projects are not.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a construction scheduler’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does construction scheduler pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Construction Schedulers sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify construction scheduler wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a construction scheduler actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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