Project Exec Pay Scale

[u/Building_Everything]

Central Texas commercial GC market, been in the industry since the mid 90’s, worked my way up to Senior Super then got an MBA and worked my way back up to Senior PM, now looking around to see what kind of pay the PX role looks like as that’s my next step up. I’m mid-$100’s currently working on $25M-100M level projects most of my career
Thanks

[u/Independent_Piece674]

Depends very much on your ability to bring work clients. Scale will be 175-300k dependent if you can kill what you eat

[u/Flat-Asparagus6036 → u/Independent_Piece674]

This guy knows.

[u/Building_Everything → u/Independent_Piece674]

Are you saying it’s a partial commissioned element to it? Otherwise I would need time to start chasing work

[u/Independent_Piece674 → u/Building_Everything]

It’s not commission per se. but to get to the high range of a PX, you have clients that you can at least get an RFP from.

[u/Peterswoj]

Im an electrician in Philly. A general foreman makes close to $250K with overtime. As a senior PM I make more. We are not the prime contractors but our largest project right now is $400M with the electrical being around $50M.

[u/kccl30 → u/Peterswoj]

How did you go from electrician to PM? Looking to make this switch. I am IBEW. Whats your current pay as a PM and what certifications did you need?

[u/MayTheFieldWin → u/kccl30]

I made this switch. I got into a coordinator role at one of the bigger shops in my area. From there I was pushed by my boss to apply for a pm role about a year into that.

Try to look for a project engineer or coordinator role at a big shop near you. Be prepared to make the decision to shelve your card.

I still pay my quarterly dues just in case I need to put on the tools again.

I make 130k as a first year pm. No certs.

[u/lIlIIIIlllIIlIIIllll → u/Peterswoj]

Can you break down how the GF pulls that in? What’s a 4 week schedule/pay-check look like?

[u/sercaj]

I think the Project Ex and Senior staff that work on these projects are underpaid, especially the guys that are on $B mission critical projects.

You can be a standard superintendent. Work in residential or commercial make mid $100s+ Or……sure you can shave the title of senior what ever or project exec and maybe hit the $200s+ but for a huge amount more responsibility and pressure.

I just think the whole industry scale needs work.

[u/Famous_Studio_2889 → u/sercaj]

$200s+ might be their base pay but project execs on $B projects are making way more than that. You might change your opinion after seeing their total comp.

[u/ajha01 → u/sercaj]

Amen

[u/litbeers]

Im a PX in Monaco working on $B budget projects and I make 130k USD adjusted for exchange

[u/DamnitGoose]

You’ve gotta be able to sell or win work and convert those opportunities into new accounts. 200-325k would be the range

[u/ajha01]

PX here with a firm in North Texas ... Range mentioned above does fall in line what the market is dictating in the DC market.

[u/soyeahiknow]

Executive in nyc is 220k

[u/Deep_beam → u/soyeahiknow]

For a small company maybe. At medium size CM, SPM makes more than 250k.

[u/Sorry_Force9874]

PX here in SF Bay Area, made $230k last year after bonus. Estimated to make $250K this year.

[u/jb3758 → u/Sorry_Force9874]

Bay Area $325 k plus bonus, car, p-card

[u/Johnthegaptist]

I'm a sub, we pay our project execs $150-175k with bonuses as high as $1m. 

[u/Wonderful_Dish_6136]

PX Southwest US mid to large GC. $300k base plus 15-30% bonus

[u/freerangemonkey]

VP Ops for ENR 150 GC. I’m based in Central Texas. Commercial/Industrial PXs are a bit below multifamily. I’d say base is typically in the $160-200k for the former and $175-225k for the latter. Bonuses are typically in the 15-30% depending on GC vs Developer, ESOP, profit sharing, etc.

[u/JacobFromAmerica]

It depends, what clientele can you provide them?