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Construction and Building Inspectors Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of construction and building inspectors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of construction and building inspectors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Construction and Building Inspectors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$38,720
25th Percentile Wage
$65,420
50th Percentile Wage
$83,790
75th Percentile Wage
$96,190
90th Percentile Wage
$113,210

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for construction and building inspectors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $113,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,720.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of construction and building inspectors from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$83,790
2.45% 3.77%
2013
$81,740
1.36% -
2012
$80,630
- -

Table 2. Compare Construction and Building Inspectors Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $83,790 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is in the middle of salary range for construction and building inspectors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of construction and building inspectors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is 23.5 percent (23.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 33.3 percent (33.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$109,580
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$109,400
Napa
$105,500
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$105,020
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$104,720
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$103,800
Vallejo-Fairfield
$102,810
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$99,210
Salinas
$98,880
Redding
$98,170
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$96,050
Chico
$94,820
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$92,830
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$90,380
Madera-Chowchilla
$89,330
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$88,950
Merced
$88,750
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$84,750
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$83,790
Fresno
$83,370
Stockton
$82,670
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$81,650
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$81,080
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$80,730
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$80,440
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$79,730
Modesto
$78,430
Bakersfield-Delano
$76,950
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$76,570
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$76,460
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$72,360
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$68,160
Visalia-Porterville
$66,040
Yuba City
$62,770
El Centro
$57,820
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$55,880