Highest-paying Cities for Transportation Inspectors

The top 100 highest paying cities for transportation 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 transportation inspectors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $131,360, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for transportation inspectors. It is followed by Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine (average annual salary $119,680). 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 transportation inspectors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Transportation Inspectors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$131,360	$83,310	300
2	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$119,680	$47,940	40
3	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$117,500	$34,070	50
4	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$112,260	$50,280	180
5	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$112,060	$55,440	120
6	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$110,050	$93,600	40
7	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$109,640	$38,530	130
8	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$108,520	$92,580	40
9	Wichita, Kansas	$106,950	$29,020	60
10	Anchorage, Alaska	$106,480	$81,910	190
11	Springfield, Massachusetts	$105,730	$34,200	70
12	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$105,250	$49,730	70
13	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$104,160	$43,060	670
14	Columbia, South Carolina	$103,800	$29,250	30
15	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$103,120	$47,020	200
16	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$102,690	$51,260	500
17	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$102,440	$35,760	80
18	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$102,180	$41,520	100
19	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$102,150	$41,630	30
20	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$100,650	$59,160	80
21	Greeley, Colorado	$100,300	$27,220	n/a
22	Richmond, Virginia	$97,970	$33,190	40
23	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$97,860	$58,440	180
24	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$97,050	$47,470	330
25	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$96,620	$49,440	80
26	Mobile, Alabama	$96,240	$57,510	40
27	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$95,940	$41,520	60
28	Fargo, North Dakota	$95,450	$73,380	n/a
29	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$94,900	$48,350	340
30	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$94,620	$30,440	40
31	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$94,370	$45,670	120
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$93,500	$44,820	460
33	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$92,370	$39,450	40
34	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$91,540	$82,660	30
35	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$91,520	$36,340	210
36	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$91,280	$37,070	1,090
37	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$91,260	$52,000	40
38	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$91,090	$42,410	300
39	Salem, Oregon	$90,840	$51,710	30
40	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$90,230	$44,900	n/a
41	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$90,050	$70,050	30
42	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$90,000	$45,290	90
43	Memphis, Tennessee	$89,940	$43,720	100
44	Rochester, New York	$89,940	$43,730	50
45	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$88,730	$63,520	100
46	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$87,710	$51,640	140
47	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$87,360	$59,120	4,360
48	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$87,090	$67,360	n/a
49	St Louis, Missouri	$87,060	$34,280	150
50	Lincoln, Nebraska	$86,290	$71,900	40
51	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$85,280	$37,960	680
52	Jackson, Mississippi	$85,110	$58,140	60
53	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$85,050	$53,380	190
54	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$83,410	$42,250	1,140
55	Spokane, Washington	$83,300	$60,470	50
56	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$83,180	$59,850	30
57	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$82,590	$31,850	390
58	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$82,010	$52,000	480
59	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$81,660	$63,940	540
60	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$80,520	$23,610	380
61	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$80,510	$57,010	150
62	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$80,020	$29,800	350
63	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$79,980	$54,630	270
64	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$79,970	$43,040	150
65	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$79,120	$61,910	70
66	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$79,000	$50,140	80
67	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$78,350	$46,110	170
68	Huntsville, Alabama	$78,260	$59,230	60
69	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$78,220	$53,810	n/a
70	Savannah, Georgia	$78,190	$64,420	230
71	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$77,750	$62,380	60
72	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$75,980	$30,590	80
73	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$75,920	$56,660	70
74	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$75,330	$33,070	770
75	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$75,280	$29,150	90
76	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$74,610	$57,040	270
77	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$74,500	$36,610	50
78	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$73,500	$54,950	200
79	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$73,380	$49,230	30
80	Columbus, Ohio	$72,950	$46,710	100
81	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$72,200	$51,280	590
82	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$71,670	$58,120	n/a
83	Corpus Christi, Texas	$71,090	$36,730	60
84	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$70,990	$58,290	60
85	Fresno, California	$70,780	$52,120	60
86	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$70,780	$45,000	160
87	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$70,530	$29,630	50
88	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$70,080	$40,190	80
89	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$69,990	$66,560	70
90	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$69,830	$29,350	410
91	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$69,580	$53,690	n/a
92	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$69,510	$44,670	150
93	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$69,320	$48,560	3,090
94	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$68,060	$60,260	100
95	Brunswick, Georgia	$67,860	$35,060	40
96	Tacoma, Washington	$67,820	$24,130	240
97	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$67,680	$49,550	70
98	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$67,080	$23,510	50
99	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$66,770	$47,180	560
100	Salt Lake City, Utah	$66,350	$37,500	130

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for transportation inspectors.