what's the salary of a site manager in 2026?

what's the median salary of a site manager in France?

According to Apec's 2025 pay study, managerial site managers (conducteurs de travaux) earn €50k gross a year in median pay, against €55k for managers overall. 80% sit between €39k and €63k.

This role also includes non-managerial staff (site supervisors, non-managerial site managers), outside this study's scope. To hire for this role, see our site manager recruitment page.

does managing a team change a site manager's salary?

Less than expected on the median, but clearly at the top of the range. According to Apec, the median stays at €50k whether or not the role manages a team. The top decile, though, reaches €65k with line management, against €57k without: the top of the range rises clearly with line management.

A senior site manager running several sites, or managing other site managers, is therefore usually negotiated towards the top of the range, even though the role's median doesn't move.

does company size affect this salary?

Barely on the median, but the range widens with size. According to Apec, the median is close across company sizes, €50k below 250 staff and €49k above. The gap shows at the top of the range: 10% of site managers at large companies earn more than €68k, against €61k at companies with fewer than 250 staff.

does a site manager's salary change between the Paris region and the rest of France?

Apec doesn't publish a significant median for the Paris region on this role: the sample is too small in the 2025 edition. Only the rest of France has a reliable median, at €50k, within a €39k to €60k range.

site manager or works director: what's the salary step up?

A real jump. According to Apec, managerial construction leadership roles (works director, construction operations or branch director) earn €65k gross median a year, €15k more than a site manager. A works director runs several sites and several site managers, usually after several years of successful site management.

For the whole construction sector, see our construction recruitment page.

what duties and profile justify this salary?

A site manager runs a construction site: scheduling, subcontractors, budget, safety, handover. The level of responsibility and the size of the sites run matter more than age on this role.

• Junior site manager: assists an experienced site manager on a site, a first or second role.
• Experienced site manager: runs their own site alone, from scheduling to handover.
• Senior site manager: runs several sites or manages other site managers, salary towards the top of the range.

To understand how that rate gets negotiated, see our guide on how much a recruitment agency costs. For a site supervisor, see our site supervisor page; for construction engineering, our engineering page.

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