Construction manager · Paducah, KY
Construction manager in Paducah: $3,213/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Paducah at $97,660 a year. About 90 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $67,760 and the 90th is $189,960. Pay ranks 312th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($821/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 $3,213 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 130 miles away, at $4,498 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,213
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,660
$67,760 to $189,960
Rent (1 bd)
$821
$977 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
312th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $97,660.
- Taxes$2,151
- Rent$821
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$3,213
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,660
- Federal income tax
- −$13,099
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,471
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,776
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,465
- Take-home pay
- $71,849
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $821
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,774
Left over each month
$8,138 gross, minus $2,151 in tax and $2,774 in living costs.
$3,213
Rank every metro for a construction manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Nashville, $4,498/mo.
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Questions
What does a construction manager make in Paducah?
$97,660 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Paducah?
$3,213 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 $821, and pay covers 9.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Nashville, about 130 miles away, leaves $4,498 a month, more than Paducah.