Construction manager · Topeka, KS
Construction manager in Topeka: $4,538/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Topeka at $123,180 a year. About 200 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.70). The 10th percentile is $83,610 and the 90th is $171,960. Pay ranks 64th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,022/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,538 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Joseph, about 77 miles away, at $4,583 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,538
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$123,180
$83,610 to $171,960
Rent (1 bd)
$1,022
$1,217 (2 bd)
Employment
200
Location quotient 0.70
Pay rank
64th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $123,180.
- Taxes$2,902
- Rent$1,022
- Other living costs$1,803
- Left over$4,538
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $123,180
- Federal income tax
- −$18,810
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,423
- State income tax (KS)
- −$6,585
- Take-home pay
- $88,362
- Effective tax rate
- 28.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,022
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$10,265 gross, minus $2,902 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$4,538
Rank every metro for a construction manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: St. Joseph, $4,583/mo.
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Questions
What does a construction manager make in Topeka?
$123,180 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 200 construction manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a construction manager in Topeka?
$4,538 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,022, and pay covers 10.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
St. Joseph, about 77 miles away, leaves $4,583 a month, more than Topeka.