Construction manager · Wausau, WI
Construction manager in Wausau: $3,903/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median construction manager wage in Wausau at $106,480 a year. About 90 construction manager jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.53). The 10th percentile is $64,990 and the 90th is $161,290. Pay ranks 169th-highest of 378 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($748/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,903 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fond du Lac, about 101 miles away, at $4,688 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,903
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$106,480
$64,990 to $161,290
Rent (1 bd)
$748
$890 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.53
Pay rank
169th of 378
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, construction manager pay of $106,480.
- Taxes$2,311
- Rent$748
- Other living costs$1,911
- Left over$3,903
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $106,480
- Federal income tax
- −$15,040
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,146
- State income tax (WI)
- −$4,546
- Take-home pay
- $78,749
- Effective tax rate
- 26.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $748
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,659
Left over each month
$8,873 gross, minus $2,311 in tax and $2,659 in living costs.
$3,903
Rank every metro for a construction manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fond du Lac, $4,688/mo.
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Questions
What does a construction manager make in Wausau?
$106,480 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 Wausau?
$3,903 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $748, and pay covers 11.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a construction manager keep more?
Fond du Lac, about 101 miles away, leaves $4,688 a month, more than Wausau.