Construction and Building Inspectors Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of construction and building inspectors in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of construction and building inspectors in Nassau-Suffolk 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 Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$39,030
25th Percentile Wage
$53,690
50th Percentile Wage
$66,170
75th Percentile Wage
$84,640
90th Percentile Wage
$104,930

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for construction and building inspectors in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $104,930. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $66,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,030.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of construction and building inspectors from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$66,170
1.86% -0.71%
2016
$64,940
-2.25% -
2015
$66,400
-4.19% -
2014
$69,180
-0.16% -
2013
$69,290
3.82% -
2012
$66,640
- -

Table 2. Compare Construction and Building Inspectors Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $66,170 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for construction and building inspectors in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of construction and building inspectors in Nassau-Suffolk is 17.0 percent (17.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 31.1 percent (31.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Elmira.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$79,680
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$75,690
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$66,470
Nassau-Suffolk
$66,170
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$63,910
Ithaca
$63,400
Rochester
$62,910
Syracuse
$61,600
Binghamton
$59,140
Watertown-Fort Drum
$58,920
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$58,670
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$58,670
Kingston
$58,510
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$58,080
Glens Falls
$54,400
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$53,110
Utica-Rome
$52,060
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$49,910
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$47,540
Elmira
$45,560