Highest-paying Cities for Construction and Building Inspectors

The top 100 highest paying cities for construction and building inspectors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of construction and building inspectors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $109,580, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for construction and building inspectors. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $109,400). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of construction and building inspectors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Construction and Building Inspectors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$109,580	$64,450	820
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$109,400	$61,340	2,380
3	Napa, California	$105,500	$76,610	30
4	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$105,020	$69,350	970
5	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$104,720	$62,110	90
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$103,800	$57,980	160
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$102,810	$61,960	340
8	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$99,210	$68,300	1,070
9	Salinas, California	$98,880	$62,770	80
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$98,650	$62,450	150
11	Redding, California	$98,170	$46,400	60
12	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$96,910	$71,080	30
13	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$96,050	$51,680	1,060
14	New Haven, Connecticut	$95,600	$49,300	110
15	Chico, California	$94,820	$49,520	50
16	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$92,830	$44,450	240
17	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$90,380	$49,060	150
18	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$90,120	$55,590	40
19	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$89,330	$50,270	50
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$88,950	$40,610	2,280
21	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$88,860	$63,490	70
22	Merced, California	$88,750	$54,750	n/a
23	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$87,590	$54,170	340
24	Danbury, Connecticut	$86,310	$76,570	30
25	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$86,270	$56,330	1,680
26	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$84,750	$49,940	3,720
27	Walla Walla, Washington	$83,870	$63,290	40
28	Rochester, Minnesota	$83,820	$45,580	40
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$83,790	$38,720	2,740
30	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$83,390	$45,270	310
31	Fresno, California	$83,370	$45,320	280
32	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$83,260	$54,340	840
33	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$82,720	$27,930	50
34	Stockton, California	$82,670	$51,330	170
35	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$82,640	$51,280	720
36	Salem, Oregon	$81,910	$59,510	120
37	Anchorage, Alaska	$81,860	$62,930	140
38	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$81,820	$62,840	60
39	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$81,650	$56,210	150
40	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$81,080	$49,230	80
41	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$81,060	$52,030	830
42	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$80,730	$47,470	1,270
43	Bend, Oregon	$80,640	$64,460	70
44	Olympia, Washington	$80,600	$58,730	130
45	Fairbanks, Alaska	$80,540	$59,890	30
46	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$80,440	$48,500	830
47	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$80,290	$49,170	530
48	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$80,190	$58,260	90
49	Winchester, West Virginia	$79,930	$47,060	70
50	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$79,790	$48,140	190
51	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$79,730	$47,820	1,200
52	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$79,680	$48,530	9,610
53	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$79,560	$55,850	110
54	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$79,540	$48,650	560
55	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$79,510	$53,680	50
56	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$79,470	$62,530	70
57	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$79,000	$47,250	2,820
58	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$78,680	$63,340	70
59	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$78,460	$56,470	1,500
60	Modesto, California	$78,430	$42,960	150
61	Yakima, Washington	$78,370	$60,380	60
62	Bellingham, Washington	$78,240	$58,880	110
63	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$77,770	$49,150	80
64	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$77,690	$48,790	140
65	Spokane, Washington	$77,630	$51,770	210
66	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$77,550	$50,630	100
67	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$77,320	$51,700	120
68	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$77,230	$60,850	70
69	Springfield, Massachusetts	$77,200	$46,970	270
70	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$76,950	$46,840	260
71	Waterbury, Connecticut	$76,880	$46,920	40
72	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$76,570	$41,690	60
73	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$76,460	$47,680	60
74	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$76,230	$41,820	2,160
75	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$76,130	$43,970	110
76	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$76,020	$46,330	130
77	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$75,690	$45,180	650
78	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$75,380	$45,350	100
79	Tacoma, Washington	$75,290	$50,180	330
80	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$75,250	$75,250	170
81	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$74,920	$37,810	110
82	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$74,380	$49,460	30
83	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$74,320	$49,850	2,680
84	Corvallis, Oregon	$74,060	$58,760	30
85	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$73,920	$44,990	70
86	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$73,540	$49,210	60
87	St Cloud, Minnesota	$73,300	$59,090	30
88	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$72,360	$54,910	80
89	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$72,240	$53,550	50
90	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$71,400	$47,990	70
91	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$70,680	$54,420	60
92	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$70,640	$43,390	40
93	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$70,350	$39,100	140
94	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$70,170	$44,470	90
95	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,090	$51,090	1,190
96	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$69,450	$50,460	340
97	Dayton, Ohio	$69,250	$47,930	200
98	Ames, Iowa	$68,790	$61,110	50
99	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$68,690	$45,020	670
100	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$68,370	$48,160	330

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for construction and building inspectors.