Construction manager · Ames, IA
Construction manager in Ames: $3,633/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Ames at $96,720 a year. About 120 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $75,140 and the 90th is $157,600. Pay ranks 325th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($760/mo). Iowa charges a 3.80% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,633 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sioux Falls, about 191 miles away, at $4,862 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,633
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$96,720
$75,140 to $157,600
Rent (1 bd)
$760
$905 (2 bd)
Employment
120
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
325th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $96,720.
- Taxes$1,951
- Rent$760
- Other living costs$1,716
- Left over$3,633
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $96,720
- Federal income tax
- −$12,892
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,399
- State income tax (IA)
- −$3,121
- Take-home pay
- $73,308
- Effective tax rate
- 24.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $760
- Groceries
- $347
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $391
- Utilities and internet
- $217
- Everything else
- $304
- Total spending
- $2,476
Left over each month
$8,060 gross, minus $1,951 in tax and $2,476 in living costs.
$3,633
Rank every metro for a construction manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sioux Falls, $4,862/mo.
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Questions
What does a construction manager make in Ames?
$96,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 120 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Ames?
$3,633 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Iowa charges a 3.80% flat income tax Rent is $760, and pay covers 10.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Sioux Falls, about 191 miles away, leaves $4,862 a month, more than Ames.