MEP Manager Salary in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

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BLS does not measure MEP Manager as its own occupation, so this page uses Construction Managers (SOC 11-9021, broader occupation). The median annual wage in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV was $129,650 (BLS, May 2025), and the middle half earned $104,010 to $162,410. That is $14,660 above the national median of $114,990.

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Broader occupation

Construction Managers is a broader occupation based on the work described, not a separate data center wage series. BLS does not distinguish this title, experience level, shift, credentials or data center employers. Confirm the actual duties before using this comparison.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Construction Managers, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, annual wages
Point	Annual wage	Meaning
10th percentile	$86,530	10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than this.
25th percentile	$104,010	25% earned less than this.
Median	$129,650	Half earned less, half earned more.
75th percentile	$162,410	75% earned less than this.
90th percentile	$207,160	90% earned less than this.
Mean	$139,680	Average wage.

Construction Managers, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, hourly wages
Point	Hourly wage	Meaning
10th percentile	$41.6	10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than this.
25th percentile	$50.01	25% earned less than this.
Median	$62.33	Half earned less, half earned more.
75th percentile	$78.08	75% earned less than this.
90th percentile	$99.6	90% earned less than this.
Mean	$67.16	Average wage.

United States

Construction Managers, United States, annual wages
Point	Annual wage	Meaning
10th percentile	$69,690	10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than this.
25th percentile	$88,550	25% earned less than this.
Median	$114,990	Half earned less, half earned more.
75th percentile	$151,640	75% earned less than this.
90th percentile	$189,440	90% earned less than this.
Mean	$124,360	Average wage.

Construction Managers, United States, hourly wages
Point	Hourly wage	Meaning
10th percentile	$33.5	10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than this.
25th percentile	$42.57	25% earned less than this.
Median	$55.28	Half earned less, half earned more.
75th percentile	$72.91	75% earned less than this.
90th percentile	$91.08	90% earned less than this.
Mean	$59.79	Average wage.

What BLS wages include: base pay plus any guaranteed or production-based incentive pay. What they leave out: overtime, discretionary bonus, benefits, per diem and relocation.

Employment: 6,630. Location quotient: 0.86.

Location quotient measures job concentration, not pay. A value above 1 means the occupation makes up a larger share of local jobs than it does nationally. It says nothing about wages.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 11-9021 Construction Managers, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. View this release at BLS.

Pay relative to all occupations

Median for this occupation divided by the all-occupations median, same area, same annual basis
Measure	Value
This occupation, median	$129,650
All occupations (SOC 00-0000), median	$71,060
Relative wage	1.82 times

A ratio of 1.00 means the same median as all workers in the area. It is arithmetic on two BLS medians, not a BLS statistic.

Change since the prior BLS release

Median annual wage, same SOC and same BLS area code, two releases
Reference period	Median
May 2024	$128,190
May 2025	$129,650
Difference	+$1,460 (+1.1%)

Two published BLS values, shown as released. Not annualized, not adjusted for inflation, and BLS metro boundaries and survey panels can differ between releases.

What is inside the BLS pay figure

For construction and commissioning hires, separate expense reimbursements and overtime from straight-time pay. Check a project bonus on its actual terms. Guaranteed pay and production incentives count in BLS wages; discretionary nonproduction bonuses do not.

Pay components for Electrical & Mechanical Trade Leadership roles against the BLS wage definition
Component	In the BLS figure?	Note
Base rate and guaranteed pay	Included	BLS counts the "base rate" and "guaranteed pay".
Production and incentive pay	Included	BLS counts "incentive pay including commissions and production bonuses".
On-call pay	Included	BLS lists "on-call pay" and "hazardous-duty pay" as wages.
Overtime pay matters here	Left out	BLS excludes "overtime pay". Straight-time pay only.
Shift differentials	Left out	BLS excludes "shift differentials", so night and weekend premiums are not in the figure.
Project-completion and discretionary bonuses matters here	Depends on the terms	Guaranteed pay and production incentives are included. Discretionary nonproduction bonuses are excluded. Check how the payment is defined.
Per diem, travel and relocation matters here	Left out	BLS does not name these as wages. They are expense reimbursements and are not in the figure.
Benefits and employer costs	Left out	BLS excludes "employer costs for supplementary benefits".

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Recruiter's read

Qualitative, not from BLS data.

MEP Manager candidates are usually screened on coordinating MEP subs; BIM clash resolution in dense halls; OFCI equipment set and startup sequence.

We usually find them through gC MEP staff; MEP sub PMs; MEP design engineers moving to construction. We contact working people directly rather than relying on job applications.

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What the published rows say about MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is represented here by Construction Managers, SOC 11-9021, in the May 2025 OEWS release. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, data Center Headhunters uses the broader crosswalk for this title; the occupation row, rather than a separate survey of MEP Manager, supplies the figures on this page. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, the published annual median is $129,650 and the middle-half endpoints are $104,010 and $162,410.

The MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV middle-half band spans $58,400 on the annual basis. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, its lower quarter-to-median distance is $25,640, compared with $32,760 from the median to the upper quarter. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, the upper interval is at least as wide as the other interval in this row. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, for an offer against this MEP Manager crosswalk, these are published reference points, not experience grades; the width does not establish a reason for differences between individual workers.

At $129,650, the MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV median is $14,660 above the $114,990 national median for the same SOC 11-9021 and annual basis. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, that comparison is arithmetic on two May 2025 BLS rows. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, it is not a cost-of-living adjustment for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, and it does not establish a separate data center premium for MEP Manager.

MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV can also be compared with Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, where the annual median for Construction Managers is $107,410 in May 2025. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, this is among the two nearest usable metropolitan reference points to the Census area internal point. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, the MEP Manager crosswalk comparison differs by $22,240 from the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV median.

MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV can also be compared with Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, where the annual median for Construction Managers is $121,490 in May 2025. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, this is among the two nearest usable metropolitan reference points to the Census area internal point. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, the MEP Manager crosswalk comparison differs by $8,160 from the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV median.

MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has no local industry-by-occupation wage breakdown in the loaded OEWS rows. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, the highest published national industry medians loaded for SOC 11-9021 are Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing at $211,260 and Oil and Gas Extraction at $196,880. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, these May 2025 observations describe the national Construction Managers occupation in those industries, not the pay of data center employers in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; they cannot support a local industry ranking.

The MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV matched median changed from $128,190 in May 2024 to $129,650 in May 2025, a difference of $1,460 up. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, both observations use SOC 11-9021, area code 47900 and the same annual wage basis. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, this MEP Manager comparison reports the released values without adjusting for inflation, annualizing the change or attributing it to a particular employer.

MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV uses the OEWS straight-time wage definition, not a complete cost-to-employ budget. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, for an offer mapped to Construction Managers, separate overtime, shift differentials and expense reimbursements from the annual figures for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; BLS excludes those categories. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, on-call pay, guaranteed pay and production incentives are included under the wage definition. For MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, no MEP Manager-specific per diem, travel allowance or relocation amount is observed in this row, so this May 2025 page adds no dollar allowance on top.

Questions about MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Which BLS row supports MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

MEP Manager is mapped to SOC 11-9021, Construction Managers; the May 2025 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV annual median is $129,650. The mapping is broader, not a separate survey of this niche title.

Does the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV figure show all offer costs for MEP Manager?

MEP Manager pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV uses straight-time OEWS wages. Overtime and shift differentials are excluded; on-call and guaranteed pay are included. No allowance for travel or relocation is added to this 11-9021 observation.

Nearest-area selection uses Census Gazetteer internal points, not road distance. Source: 2025 Census Gazetteer.