Construction manager · Anchorage, AK
Construction manager in Anchorage: $5,071/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Anchorage at $137,980 a year. About 900 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 2.08). The 10th percentile is $96,310 and the 90th is $228,330. Pay ranks 19th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,392/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,071 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Fairbanks is the strongest other metro for this job ($5,036 left over a month), and Anchorage still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,071
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$137,980
$96,310 to $228,330
Rent (1 bd)
$1,392
$1,657 (2 bd)
Employment
900
Location quotient 2.08
Pay rank
19th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $137,980.
- Taxes$2,743
- Rent$1,392
- Other living costs$2,292
- Left over$5,071
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $137,980
- Federal income tax
- −$22,362
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,555
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $105,062
- Effective tax rate
- 23.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,392
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $636
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,684
Left over each month
$11,498 gross, minus $2,743 in tax and $3,684 in living costs.
$5,071
Rank every metro for a construction manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fairbanks, $5,036/mo.
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Questions
What does a construction manager make in Anchorage?
$137,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 900 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Anchorage?
$5,071 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,392, and pay covers 8.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Anchorage leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Fairbanks at $5,036 a month.