Benchmark
Stop guessing what
your people are worth.
Benchmark tells you exactly what to pay every role on the jobsite and in the trailer — crane operators, estimators, project managers, supers — down to the metro market, right now.
Where do you fit?
The number your competitor
already knows.
Every card below is a real role, a real market, a real number — updated quarterly from verified payroll and offer data across 82 metro markets.
Phoenix, AZ
$82,400
Range: $71K – $96K
Denver, CO
$118,500
median annual comp
10th–90th percentile range
Dallas, TX
$104,200
median annual comp
10th–90th percentile range
Houston, TX
$68,800
Range: $58K – $82K
Atlanta, GA
$91,300
median annual comp
10th–90th percentile range
Chicago, IL
$87,600
median annual comp
10th–90th percentile range
340+ roles. 82 markets. Updated every quarter.
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Every superintendent who walks costs you
$47,000 to replace.
That's not the recruiting fee. That's the total — lost productivity, overtime on the crew, the new hire ramp, the project delays. Most GCs never add it up. We did.
"We lost three estimators in fourteen months. Benchmark showed us we were paying $12K below market. We fixed it. Haven't lost one since."
Marcus Webb
VP of Operations — Ridgeline General Contracting, Denver CO
Turnover Cost Calculator
What is turnover costing your firm?
Industry average: 21% for field trades
Your estimated annual turnover cost
$374,400
Based on 8 departures × $46,800 avg replacement cost
Find out where you're
losing people to pay.
Answer five questions about your firm. We'll build a personalized compensation gap snapshot — your roles, your region, your trades — and send it straight to your inbox.
Median pay for your hardest-to-fill role
Where you rank vs. competitors in your market
Estimated annual cost of your current pay gap
Three moves to close the gap this quarter
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The people behind
the decisions.
$14K
pay gap closed
"We were flying blind on estimator comp. Benchmark showed us we were $14K below the Denver market. We adjusted, and our next three hires accepted on the first offer."
Renata Voss
HR Director
Summit Ridge Contractors — Denver, CO
3 of 3
offers accepted
"I needed to defend our comp structure to the board and the field at the same time. Benchmark gave me numbers I could stand behind in both rooms."
Derek Okafor
CFO
Okafor Specialty Electric — Atlanta, GA
4 days
from loss to offer
"Lost a super in March. Benchmark told us in forty minutes what we should have been paying. We had a replacement offer out by Friday."
Colleen Marbury
VP of Operations
Marbury Heavy Civil — Houston, TX
340+
Construction roles in database
82
Metro markets covered
1.2M
Verified payroll data points
Q1 2025
Last data refresh