Construction manager · Owensboro, KY
Construction manager in Owensboro: $2,778/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Owensboro at $91,550 a year. About 80 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.68). The 10th percentile is $49,510 and the 90th is $168,000. Pay ranks 350th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($917/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,778 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 203 miles away, at $4,974 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,778
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$91,550
$49,510 to $168,000
Rent (1 bd)
$917
$1,092 (2 bd)
Employment
80
Location quotient 0.68
Pay rank
350th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $91,550.
- Taxes$1,972
- Rent$917
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$2,778
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $91,550
- Federal income tax
- −$11,755
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,004
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,531
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,373
- Take-home pay
- $67,887
- Effective tax rate
- 25.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $917
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,879
Left over each month
$7,629 gross, minus $1,972 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.
$2,778
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 Owensboro?
$91,550 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 80 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Owensboro?
$2,778 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $917, and pay covers 8.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Kokomo, about 203 miles away, leaves $4,974 a month, more than Owensboro.