Construction manager · Dayton, OH
Construction manager in Dayton: $3,203/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Dayton at $98,070 a year. About 960 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $65,990 and the 90th is $155,190. Pay ranks 308th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,203 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 114 miles away, at $4,974 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,203
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$98,070
$65,990 to $155,190
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
960
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
308th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $98,070.
- Taxes$2,053
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$3,203
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $98,070
- Federal income tax
- −$13,189
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,502
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,981
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,961
- Take-home pay
- $73,436
- Effective tax rate
- 25.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$8,173 gross, minus $2,053 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$3,203
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 Dayton?
$98,070 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 960 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Dayton?
$3,203 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,018, and pay covers 8.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Kokomo, about 114 miles away, leaves $4,974 a month, more than Dayton.