My daughter’s boyfriend is in construction management. His degree (undergrad) is construction management but it was part of the engineering dept. D is civil engineer and they had a lot of classes together. He also has an MBA. He makes slightly more than her but he has the MBA and an extra 2 years working. She’ll someday be a PE and he won’t.
I think in years to come she’ll stay with one employer and probably make less, and he’ll take risks and jump around for different projects. Different comfort levels with risk.