Construction manager · Lancaster, PA
Construction manager in Lancaster: $3,072/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Lancaster at $101,490 a year. About 440 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 $78,660 and the 90th is $158,140. Pay ranks 257th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,217/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,072 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 148 miles away, at $6,129 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,072
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,490
$78,660 to $158,140
Rent (1 bd)
$1,217
$1,449 (2 bd)
Employment
440
Location quotient 0.72
Pay rank
257th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $101,490.
- Taxes$2,153
- Rent$1,217
- Other living costs$2,015
- Left over$3,072
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,490
- Federal income tax
- −$13,942
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,764
- State income tax (PA)
- −$3,116
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,015
- Take-home pay
- $75,654
- Effective tax rate
- 25.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,217
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,232
Left over each month
$8,458 gross, minus $2,153 in tax and $3,232 in living costs.
$3,072
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 Lancaster?
$101,490 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 440 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Lancaster?
$3,072 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,217, and pay covers 6.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Elmira, about 148 miles away, leaves $6,129 a month, more than Lancaster.