--- title: "Florida Construction Salary Guide 2026" description: "2025 salary breakdown from actual placements. PMs $95K-$185K, Estimators $90K-$165K. Free 39-page guide with city-by-city breakdown for Florida…" url: https://amundsongroup.com/florida-construction-salary-guide-2025/ published: 2025-09-26 modified: 2026-10-25 publisher: Amundson Group markdown_of: https://amundsongroup.com/florida-construction-salary-guide-2025/ --- # Florida Construction Salary Guide 2026 September 26, 2025 [Market Trends](https://amundsongroup.com/market-trends/) Florida is adding more than a thousand new residents a day and every arrival puts pressure on housing, healthcare, and infrastructure. **Hiring for heavy civil, site development, paving, data center, rail, or wastewater work?** Amundson Group is a construction-only recruiter. First qualified resumes in 7 hours. [Send us the role](https://amundsongroup.com/hire-talent/) or call [(832) 558-7982](tel:+18325587982). That’s why we created the **Amundson Group Salary Guide**: a role-by-role breakdown of real compensation in the construction industry. For companies, it’s a way to stay competitive in a tight labor market. For professionals, it’s a clear picture of what your skills are worth. This is the **second blog in our regional salary guide series**, following our Texas Construction Salary Guide 2026. Related read: [Texas Construction Salary Guide 2026](https://amundsongroup.com/texas-construction-salary-guide-2025/) ## Florida Construction Market Trends 2025 Florida’s construction market has its own profile: shaped by a retiree-driven senior living boom, rising demand for healthcare facilities, and accelerated investment in infrastructure. From Miami to Orlando, Tampa to Jacksonville, the Sunshine State is building at pace. ### Florida Senior Living and Healthcare Construction in Focus Among the biggest shifts is the surge in **senior living projects**, a direct response to Florida’s expanding retiree population. New developments and expansions are scattered across the state, with large-scale investments such as the **$78 million Village on the Isle expansion in Venice**, highlighted by the *Business Observer*, showing the scale of demand. Healthcare is another focal point. According to the *Business Observer*, **$1.7 billion** is being invested in hospitals and acute-care facilities across the state. Projects span from the Panhandle to Miami, ensuring Florida can keep pace with its fast-growing and diverse population. While multifamily projects have slowed, activity in **K-12 schools, healthcare, and senior living** remains strong, sectors that directly reflect Florida’s demographic trends. ### Heavy Civil & Site Development The **I-4 Ultimate Project** was the state’s largest-ever highway investment, but Florida’s infrastructure pipeline didn’t stop there. Through the **Moving I-4 Forward Program**, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) accelerated major improvements along one of Central Florida’s busiest corridors, moving the completion date up by five years. Elsewhere, work continues under the **I-4 Beyond the Ultimate Project**, with new segments around ChampionsGate and World Drive already underway at a cost of roughly **$2.5 billion**. Population growth adds further pressure. Between 2020 and 2023, Florida grew by **5.1%**, with the Greater Orlando Metro Area leading the charge. That pace has created demand for new communities, utilities, and site development expertise, particularly **utility foremen**, who are now central to ensuring projects keep pace. ## Florida Construction Salaries 2025: By Role and Experience Our guide breaks down compensation by role and years of experience. These figures reflect real data from live searches in Florida. Here are a few highlights from **Florida 2026 data**: - **Chief Estimator:** $130k to $140k (4-6 years), $150k (7+ years) - **Senior Estimator:** $120k to $125k (4-6 years), $140k (7+ years) - **Senior Superintendent:** $125k to $135k (4-6 years), $150k (7+ years) - **Foreman:** $72.8k to $91k (4-6 years), $104k (7+ years) - **Project Manager:** $100k to $115k (4-6 years), $130k (7+ years) Florida’s salary landscape reflects its project mix. Foremen wages show the weight of site development, especially around Orlando’s expansion. Senior Superintendents and Estimators trend slightly lower than in Texas; a sign of the different scale and complexity of projects in each market. For employers, benchmarking prevents delays when offers don’t hit the market. For professionals, it provides leverage to negotiate fairly and make career decisions with confidence. By putting accurate pay ranges into the hands of the people who build America, we aim to help projects move forward and careers move upward. ## Looking Ahead Florida’s construction industry shows no signs of slowing. Senior living, healthcare, and infrastructure will remain dominant themes as the state grows, with I-4 improvements and hospital projects already stretching years into the future. The **2025 Amundson Group Salary Guide** is our way of giving back: putting real numbers in your hands so you can budget smarter, hire sharper, and know your worth in a market that never stands still. [Download the latest Salary Guide](https://amundsongroup.myclickfunnels.com/salary-guide-2025) or [get in touch](https://amundsongroup.com/contact/) to find your next great hire. *Related searches: [North Carolina Construction Salary Guide 2026](https://amundsongroup.com/north-carolina-construction-salary-guide-2025/) · [South Carolina Construction Salary Guide 2026](https://amundsongroup.com/south-carolina-construction-salary-guide-2025/)* More from Amundson Group: [our Florida construction recruiting guide](https://amundsongroup.com/construction-recruiters-florida/). **Need this hire made? Send us the role.** Amundson Group is a construction-only recruiter based in Houston, placing across the United States: heavy civil, site development, paving, data centers, rail, tunnels, wastewater, and underground utilities. 1,200+ construction placements to date, a 90,000+ professional network, first qualified resumes in 7 hours. Inc. 5000 in 2024 and 2025. Prefer to talk? 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