Construction Managers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,485
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$23,495
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,484
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$101,980
Kept after tax
$78,485
Worth in national money
$85,484
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for construction managers is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $101,980. That is 41 of 51 states, and about 11.31% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Ohio this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, construction managers ranks 45 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $101,980 you keep $78,485 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $85,484 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $109,120, since top earners drag the number up.
- For construction managers, Ohio sits in the lower band at $101,980, ranking 41 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 11.31%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Ohio publishes a median for, construction managers sits 45 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $78,485 after the full tax stack, from $101,980. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $85,484 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $109,120 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,410 |
| This salary | $101,980 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Ohio | $78,485 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,573 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,569 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $99,012 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,549 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,980 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,800 and the ninetieth is $161,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $78,485 take-home in Ohio comes from $101,980. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 45 of 494.
- Two cautions on $85,484, the adjusted value of that $101,980 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Ohio. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 45 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $101,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,800 to $161,410. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $78,485, from $101,980, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 45 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 51 for it.
- This $85,484 adjusted figure, worked from $101,980, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 45 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 45 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $109,120, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $65,800 and the top tenth $161,410 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $85,484 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Ohio adds its own income tax on top — which is why $78,485 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Ohio is $109,120. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,800) and the ninetieth ($161,410) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Ohio's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $85,484 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $78,485 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.