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Construction and Building Inspector Salary by State (2026)

Name: Construction and Building Inspector annual wages by US state, May 2025
Creator: NueCareer
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Construction and Building Inspectors earn the most in Alaska at $102,410 a year and the least in Mississippi at $50,250 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $74,690. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median: $102,410Alaska
National median: $74,690BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median: $50,250Mississippi
Areas reporting: 53of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for construction and building inspectors

Ranked on the state median among the 50 states and DC. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

1Alaska$102,410
2California$101,290
3Connecticut$98,670
4Washington$96,140
5Minnesota$88,670

Lowest median pay

1Mississippi$50,250
2Arkansas$52,700
3South Carolina$58,840
4Oklahoma$59,280
5Tennessee$59,870

All states

Construction and Building Inspector salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of construction and building inspectors OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1	AKAlaska	$102,410	$80,560	$121,250	270	$100,050
2	CACalifornia	$101,290	$76,160	$128,530	13,420	$91,483
3	CTConnecticut	$98,670	$79,140	$115,100	1,430	$95,232
4	WAWashington	$96,140	$77,480	$105,300	3,090	$89,840
5	MNMinnesota	$88,670	$78,030	$100,890	1,390	$89,910
6	DCDistrict of Columbia	$86,200	$76,130	$109,920	370	$78,434
7	OROregon	$84,510	$72,300	$102,760	1,780	$81,762
8	MAMassachusetts	$83,200	$65,730	$104,030	4,290	$78,671
9	NJNew Jersey	$81,760	$63,520	$104,690	5,950	$75,144
10	COColorado	$79,950	$65,740	$98,280	3,700	$77,582
11	NYNew York	$79,460	$61,920	$103,960	11,160	$73,628
12	HIHawaii	$79,320	$66,720	$94,570	710	$72,141
13	NDNorth Dakota	$78,570	$66,370	$89,660	180	$88,322
14	ILIllinois	$78,340	$59,660	$100,030	2,560	$78,373
15	RIRhode Island	$77,420	$63,520	$96,670	270	$75,694
16	MDMaryland	$76,640	$63,530	$94,160	2,780	$73,019
17	MTMontana	$75,700	$61,110	$84,240	290	$79,983
18	VAVirginia	$75,660	$60,870	$88,340	6,550	$74,834
19	WIWisconsin	$75,610	$58,450	$87,980	1,270	$80,355
20	NVNevada	$75,290	$61,730	$97,730	1,780	$75,306
21	MEMaine	$74,670	$61,490	$81,410	710	$76,940
22	OHOhio	$74,490	$62,150	$82,830	3,490	$80,292
23	UTUtah	$74,130	$60,070	$84,240	1,240	$74,982
24	AZArizona	$73,440	$62,320	$86,760	3,330	$72,946
25	DEDelaware	$72,700	$61,970	$81,400	570	$72,840
26	IAIowa	$71,630	$60,720	$82,150	1,140	$81,618
27	MIMichigan	$71,040	$60,680	$82,510	3,090	$73,833
28	LALouisiana	$68,260	$59,670	$81,460	1,440	$77,386
29	FLFlorida	$68,170	$54,080	$83,390	13,860	$65,920
30	VTVermont	$66,580	$60,320	$82,180	120	$67,968
31	NCNorth Carolina	$66,080	$56,030	$79,430	6,490	$70,055
32	GAGeorgia	$65,980	$54,620	$80,340	4,510	$68,520
33	PAPennsylvania	$65,870	$57,860	$78,830	5,320	$67,509
34	NHNew Hampshire	$65,640	$55,680	$80,160	420	$63,015
35	NMNew Mexico	$65,420	$58,700	$79,230	800	$70,945
36	NENebraska	$65,000	$51,880	$79,540	570	$72,140
37	SDSouth Dakota	$64,940	$53,480	$78,410	200	$73,307
38	TXTexas	$64,810	$50,560	$80,370	18,230	$66,775
39	WVWest Virginia	$64,000	$47,100	$91,520	540	$71,511
40	IDIdaho	$63,570	$56,680	$83,600	1,000	$66,570
41	KSKansas	$63,150	$56,290	$78,720	840	$70,114
42	MOMissouri	$62,970	$52,040	$76,210	1,640	$69,337
43	INIndiana	$62,850	$50,740	$79,490	2,110	$67,342
44	WYWyoming	$61,870	$42,970	$79,140	370	$66,749
45	ALAlabama	$61,300	$51,120	$74,870	1,420	$69,014
46	KYKentucky	$60,200	$46,410	$79,550	1,380	$66,771
47	TNTennessee	$59,870	$48,430	$73,320	2,500	$65,168
48	OKOklahoma	$59,280	$46,330	$76,400	2,090	$67,484
49	SCSouth Carolina	$58,840	$45,370	$74,060	2,500	$62,763
50	ARArkansas	$52,700	$46,280	$66,560	800	$60,619
51	GUGuam	$51,710	$42,760	$68,800	40	N/A
52	MSMississippi	$50,250	$42,660	$65,350	800	$57,790
53	PRPuerto Rico	$44,320	$31,640	$58,030	740	N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For construction and building inspectors, the adjustment does not change the leader: Alaska is first on raw pay and still first once prices are taken into account, at $100,050.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Construction and Building Inspector pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays construction and building inspectors the most?

Alaska reports the highest median wage for construction and building inspectors at $102,410 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by California ($101,290) and Connecticut ($98,670).

Which state pays construction and building inspectors the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, Mississippi reports the lowest median for construction and building inspectors at $50,250 a year, $52,160 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, Guam reports $51,710 and Puerto Rico reports $44,320.

In which states do construction and building inspectors earn over $100,000?

2 of the 50 states and DC have a median of $100,000 or more: Alaska ($102,410) and California ($101,290) (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Is the highest-paying state the best for construction and building inspectors after cost of living?

Yes. Alaska stays first after dividing each state median by its BEA Regional Price Parity, at $100,050 in national-average dollars from a raw $102,410. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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