Construction manager · Louisville, KY
Construction manager in Louisville: $3,225/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Louisville at $101,780 a year. About 970 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.58). The 10th percentile is $57,030 and the 90th is $199,460. Pay ranks 251st-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,225 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 158 miles away, at $4,974 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,225
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,780
$57,030 to $199,460
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,247 (2 bd)
Employment
970
Location quotient 0.58
Pay rank
251st of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $101,780.
- Taxes$2,331
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$3,225
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,780
- Federal income tax
- −$14,006
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,786
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,940
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,239
- Take-home pay
- $73,809
- Effective tax rate
- 27.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,926
Left over each month
$8,482 gross, minus $2,331 in tax and $2,926 in living costs.
$3,225
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 Louisville?
$101,780 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 970 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Louisville?
$3,225 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 8.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Kokomo, about 158 miles away, leaves $4,974 a month, more than Louisville.