Construction manager · Allentown, PA
Construction manager in Allentown: $3,490/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Allentown at $112,900 a year. About 360 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.39). The 10th percentile is $80,630 and the 90th is $191,870. Pay ranks 119th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,431/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,490 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 117 miles away, at $6,129 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,490
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$112,900
$80,630 to $191,870
Rent (1 bd)
$1,431
$1,704 (2 bd)
Employment
360
Location quotient 0.39
Pay rank
119th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $112,900.
- Taxes$2,474
- Rent$1,431
- Other living costs$2,014
- Left over$3,490
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $112,900
- Federal income tax
- −$16,452
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,637
- State income tax (PA)
- −$3,466
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,129
- Take-home pay
- $83,216
- Effective tax rate
- 26.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,431
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,445
Left over each month
$9,408 gross, minus $2,474 in tax and $3,445 in living costs.
$3,490
Rank every metro for a construction manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $6,129/mo.
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Questions
What does a construction manager make in Allentown?
$112,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 360 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Allentown?
$3,490 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,431, and pay covers 6.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Elmira, about 117 miles away, leaves $6,129 a month, more than Allentown.