Construction manager · Bowling Green, KY
Construction manager in Bowling Green: $3,289/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Bowling Green at $101,400 a year. About 140 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.72). The 10th percentile is $52,920 and the 90th is $203,660. Pay ranks 259th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,289 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 238 miles away, at $4,974 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,289
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,400
$52,920 to $203,660
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
140
Location quotient 0.72
Pay rank
259th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $101,400.
- Taxes$2,260
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$3,289
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,400
- Federal income tax
- −$13,922
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,757
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,925
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,521
- Take-home pay
- $74,275
- Effective tax rate
- 26.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$8,450 gross, minus $2,260 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$3,289
Rank every metro for a construction manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $4,974/mo.
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Questions
What does a construction manager make in Bowling Green?
$101,400 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 140 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Bowling Green?
$3,289 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 8.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Kokomo, about 238 miles away, leaves $4,974 a month, more than Bowling Green.