Construction manager · Buffalo, NY
Construction manager in Buffalo: $4,577/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Buffalo at $127,550 a year. About 390 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.30). The 10th percentile is $78,000 and the 90th is $190,470. Pay ranks 46th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,169/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,577 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 120 miles away, at $6,129 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,577
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$127,550
$78,000 to $190,470
Rent (1 bd)
$1,169
$1,392 (2 bd)
Employment
390
Location quotient 0.30
Pay rank
46th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $127,550.
- Taxes$3,018
- Rent$1,169
- Other living costs$1,865
- Left over$4,577
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $127,550
- Federal income tax
- −$19,859
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,758
- State income tax (NY)
- −$6,605
- Take-home pay
- $91,329
- Effective tax rate
- 28.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,169
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,034
Left over each month
$10,629 gross, minus $3,018 in tax and $3,034 in living costs.
$4,577
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 Buffalo?
$127,550 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 390 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Buffalo?
$4,577 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,169, and pay covers 9.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Elmira, about 120 miles away, leaves $6,129 a month, more than Buffalo.