Product / project manager · Ames, IA
Product / project manager in Ames: $3,665/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median product / project manager wage in Ames at $97,290 a year. About 260 product / project 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 $62,720 and the 90th is $149,210. Pay ranks 157th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($760/mo). Iowa charges a 3.80% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,665 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Peoria, about 233 miles away, at $4,604 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,665
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,290
$62,720 to $149,210
Rent (1 bd)
$760
$905 (2 bd)
Employment
260
Location quotient 0.68
Pay rank
157th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, product / project manager pay of $97,290.
- Taxes$1,967
- Rent$760
- Other living costs$1,716
- Left over$3,665
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,290
- Federal income tax
- −$13,018
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,443
- State income tax (IA)
- −$3,142
- Take-home pay
- $73,687
- Effective tax rate
- 24.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $760
- Groceries
- $347
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $391
- Utilities and internet
- $217
- Everything else
- $304
- Total spending
- $2,476
Left over each month
$8,108 gross, minus $1,967 in tax and $2,476 in living costs.
$3,665
Rank every metro for a product / project manager
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Peoria, $4,604/mo.
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Questions
What does a product / project manager make in Ames?
$97,290 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 260 product / project manager jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a product / project manager in Ames?
$3,665 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Iowa charges a 3.80% flat income tax Rent is $760, and pay covers 10.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a product / project manager keep more?
Peoria, about 233 miles away, leaves $4,604 a month, more than Ames.