Construction manager · Kalamazoo, MI
Construction manager in Kalamazoo: $3,467/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Kalamazoo at $103,810 a year. About 290 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.97). The 10th percentile is $69,340 and the 90th is $164,830. Pay ranks 206th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($976/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,467 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 125 miles away, at $4,974 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,467
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$103,810
$69,340 to $164,830
Rent (1 bd)
$976
$1,162 (2 bd)
Employment
290
Location quotient 0.97
Pay rank
206th 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 $103,810.
- Taxes$2,300
- Rent$976
- Other living costs$1,907
- Left over$3,467
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $103,810
- Federal income tax
- −$14,452
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,941
- State income tax (MI)
- −$4,174
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,038
- Take-home pay
- $76,204
- Effective tax rate
- 26.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $976
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $538
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$8,651 gross, minus $2,300 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$3,467
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 Kalamazoo?
$103,810 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 290 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Kalamazoo?
$3,467 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $976, and pay covers 8.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Kokomo, about 125 miles away, leaves $4,974 a month, more than Kalamazoo.