Statewide pay Government data
Construction supervisors in California earn a statewide median of $97,680 a year, 27% above the typical U.S. metro, ranking #9 of 50 states and DC. About 71,750 people work in the trade statewide.
Statewide pay range
States ranked near California
See all states on the construction supervisors nationwide.
Pay by city Government data
BLS publishes construction supervisor pay for 25 California metros: Bakersfield, Chico, El Centro, Fresno, Hanford, Los Angeles, Merced, Modesto, Napa, Oxnard, Redding, Riverside, Sacramento, Salinas, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Vallejo, Visalia and Yuba City.
Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (metro-level). Real pay: BEA price parities, 2024. How we calculate
Pay outside the cities Government data
BLS also reports pay for California's rural (nonmetropolitan) regions.
BLS OEWS nonmetropolitan areas, May 2025.
The job (national)
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5.0% from 2025 to 2035, with about 67,000 openings a year. Typical training: 5+ years of trade experience.
Nationally, construction supervisors have 72 injuries or illnesses serious enough to miss work per 10,000 full-time workers, 17% below the rate for all jobs (87). The most common cause is overexertion and repetitive strain.
What the work is like Government data
How often construction supervisors deal with each condition, from surveys of workers in the job.
Getting started usually takes medium preparation (vocational training or an apprenticeship, often 1–2+ years).
O*NET 31.0 Work Context and Job Zones (U.S. Department of Labor), national.
Licensing in California Official source
The main state licensing office in California is the Contractors State License Board. Licenses all trades by classification (e.g. C-10 electrical; C-36 plumbing). It can point you to the right license for construction supervisors.
Official California licensing site ↗
Requirements for construction supervisors vary by state and sometimes by city; always confirm with the official agency.
Union membership
In 2025, 14.9% of wage and salary workers in California were union members, above the U.S. rate of about 10% (#8 of 51 states and D.C.), and 16.7% were covered by a union contract. These figures cover all jobs in the state, not only construction supervisors.
BLS Union Members, 2025 (Current Population Survey), table 5.
Cities in California
All trades in California.