Construction manager · Las Cruces, NM
Construction manager in Las Cruces: $3,784/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Las Cruces at $106,350 a year. About 150 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.77). The 10th percentile is $64,060 and the 90th is $161,250. Pay ranks 171st-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($862/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,784 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Sierra Vista is the strongest other metro for this job ($3,480 left over a month), and Las Cruces still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,784
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$106,350
$64,060 to $161,250
Rent (1 bd)
$862
$1,026 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
171st of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $106,350.
- Taxes$2,258
- Rent$862
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$3,784
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $106,350
- Federal income tax
- −$15,011
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,136
- State income tax (NM)
- −$3,954
- Take-home pay
- $79,249
- Effective tax rate
- 25.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $862
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $2,820
Left over each month
$8,863 gross, minus $2,258 in tax and $2,820 in living costs.
$3,784
Rank every metro for a construction manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sierra Vista, $3,480/mo.
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Questions
What does a construction manager make in Las Cruces?
$106,350 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Las Cruces?
$3,784 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $862, and pay covers 10.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Las Cruces leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Sierra Vista at $3,480 a month.