What Construction Managers earn in Williamson County, TX
According to the latest federal wage data for the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area, the median pay for Construction Managers in Williamson County, TX is $102,980 a year, or $49.51 an hour. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare (and no state income tax), the paycheck shrinks to $80,997 a year, and rent, food and energy take another bite. The sections below walk through each step with the actual math for Williamson County, TX.
The mean wage is $116,740, which is 13.4% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 6,040 people working in this occupation across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Williamson County, TX has roughly 672,688 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Construction Managers in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $69,740 a year ($33.53 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $169,110 or more ($81.30 an hour). That is a gap of $99,370 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $82,440 at the 25th percentile and $134,400 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 2.4 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Employers quote this occupation by the hour or by the year, so here are both: $49.51 an hour or $102,980 a year at the median for Williamson County, TX. Before any deductions, that is $8,582 a month, $3,961 every two weeks and $1,980 each week. After taxes the same job pays $38.94 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Construction Managers
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Construction Managers this way: "Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals to discuss and resolve matters, such as work procedures, complaints, or construction problems"; "Plan, organize, or direct activities concerned with the construction or maintenance of structures, facilities, or systems"; "Determine labor requirements for dispatching workers to construction sites"; "Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes or other regulations".
Job outlook for Construction Managers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 609,100 jobs in 2025 to 664,300 in 2035, a change of +9.1%, faster than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 49,700 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 8.2% of current employment each year. About 37.6% of the people in this occupation are self-employed, and wage figures cover wage and salary workers only.
Typical entry-level education: bachelor's degree. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: moderate-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $114,990 for this occupation; the Williamson County, TX median of $102,980 is 10.4% below it.
How pay in Williamson County, TX compares
Compared with the Texas average
A worker in this occupation in Williamson County, TX earns $1,669 more than the Texas average of $101,311, a premium of 1.6%. Over a year that premium is worth $1,669 before tax and roughly $1,313 after tax. Within Texas, the highest median we track for this job is $103,550 in Dallas County, TX.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Construction Managers is $115,485 across the contiguous United States. At $102,980, Williamson County, TX pays $12,505 less, which is 10.8% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Williamson County, TX
Among the 528 occupations with published wages in Williamson County, TX, Construction Managers ranks number 80 by median pay, ahead of about 85% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $176,990 a year, which is $74,010 more than the median for Construction Managers.
From gross pay to take-home pay
Three separate tax bills sit between the gross salary and the bank account: federal income tax, FICA, and state income tax. For Construction Managers earning the Williamson County, TX median of $102,980, they add up to $21,983. The result is $80,997 of take-home pay a year ($6,750 a month), based on a single filer using the standard deduction.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $21 goes to taxes and $79 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 21.4%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $87,230. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 22% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $14,105, an effective 13.7% of gross pay, well below the 22% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $6,385 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $1,493. FICA totals $7,878, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Texas
Texas does not tax wage income, so the state income tax line for Construction Managers in Williamson County, TX is $0. That alone leaves more in the paycheck than the same salary would in a state with an income tax. For scale, a hypothetical flat 5% state tax on this salary would cost about $5,149 a year, so the absence of a state tax is worth roughly $429 a month.
A cross-check with IRS data for Williamson County, TX
IRS Statistics of Income data for Williamson County, TX show an average adjusted gross income of $113,853 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 14.5% across all filers. Filers in the $100,000 to under $200,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 11.3%, compared with the 13.7% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Williamson County, TX
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Williamson County, TX: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $80,997 of take-home pay.
Rent
Housing is the largest line in most budgets. For Williamson County, TX, HUD sets the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit at $1,530 a month ($18,360 a year), and at $1,817 for two bedrooms. For Construction Managers, a one-bedroom absorbs 22.7% of take-home pay and 17.8% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 3.3% of gross pay for Construction Managers in Williamson County, TX. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Texas residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,578 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $719, for $2,297 in total. Gasoline in Texas averages $2.88 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,334.
What is left over
Rent, food, energy and gasoline cost $25,427 a year in Williamson County, TX. Subtract that from $80,997 of take-home pay and $55,570 remains, which is $4,631 a month of breathing room. That margin equals 54.0% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Williamson County, TX
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Williamson County, TX: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Williamson County, TX, set beside the Texas and national medians.
Property taxes in Williamson County, TX
Homeowners in Williamson County, TX pay a median of $7,205 a year in real estate taxes, 70% above the Texas median of $4,232 and 131% above the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $447,000, the median tax bill is 1.61% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Construction Managers median of $102,980, a tax bill of that size would equal 7.0% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Williamson County, TX
Renters in Williamson County, TX pay a median gross rent of $1,796 a month in the Census survey, 28% above the Texas median of $1,403. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $1,530 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $447,000, 58% above the Texas median of $283,800. Median household income is $111,340, 42% above the Texas median of $78,476, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 16.5% of that income.
Commuting in Williamson County, TX
Workers in Williamson County, TX who travel to a workplace spend an average of 27.9 minutes each way, 4% above the Texas average of 26.7. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.7 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 25.4% of workers in Williamson County, TX work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Construction Managers afford to live in Williamson County, TX?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $102,980 that ceiling is $2,574 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,530 is $1,044 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $29.42 an hour; the median for Construction Managers is $49.51, which is 68% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $38.94 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 9.1 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,817 a month means $909 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $7,458 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $63,028.
How fast you can save
At $4,631 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 3 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 6 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Construction Managers pay in Williamson County, TX
How much do Construction Managers make per hour in Williamson County, TX?
The median is $49.51 per hour, based on $102,980 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $33.53 at the 10th percentile to $81.30 at the 90th percentile.
How much do Construction Managers take home after taxes in Williamson County, TX?
After federal income tax, FICA, the median salary of $102,980 becomes $80,997 a year. That is $6,750 a month, $3,115 every two weeks or $1,558 a week.
How much tax do Construction Managers pay in Williamson County, TX?
Total taxes are $21,983 a year, an effective rate of 21.4%: $14,105 federal income tax, $7,878 FICA and no Texas income tax.
Do Construction Managers earn more in Williamson County, TX than elsewhere in Texas?
Yes. The local median of $102,980 is +1.6% versus the Texas average of $101,311, a difference of $1,669 a year.
Can Construction Managers afford a one-bedroom apartment in Williamson County, TX?
A one-bedroom costs $1,530 a month against take-home pay of $6,750, which is 22.7% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $2,574 a month.
What is the monthly budget margin for Construction Managers in Williamson County, TX?
About $4,631 a month ($55,570 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $25,427 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Williamson County, TX at the 30% guideline?
$29.42 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $18,360 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Construction Managers is $49.51.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Texas rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.