Construction manager · Columbus, IN
Construction manager in Columbus: $3,296/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Columbus at $102,020 a year. About 40 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 $63,550 and the 90th is $179,410. Pay ranks 244th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,084/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,296 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 89 miles away, at $4,974 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,296
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$102,020
$63,550 to $179,410
Rent (1 bd)
$1,084
$1,290 (2 bd)
Employment
40
Location quotient 0.30
Pay rank
244th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $102,020.
- Taxes$2,202
- Rent$1,084
- Other living costs$1,920
- Left over$3,296
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $102,020
- Federal income tax
- −$14,058
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,805
- State income tax (IN)
- −$3,031
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,530
- Take-home pay
- $75,596
- Effective tax rate
- 25.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,084
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $3,004
Left over each month
$8,502 gross, minus $2,202 in tax and $3,004 in living costs.
$3,296
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 Columbus?
$102,020 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 40 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Columbus?
$3,296 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,084, and pay covers 7.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Kokomo, about 89 miles away, leaves $4,974 a month, more than Columbus.