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Transportation Inspectors Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of transportation inspectors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of transportation inspectors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 Transportation Inspectors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$59,120
25th Percentile Wage	$87,200
50th Percentile Wage	$87,360
75th Percentile Wage	$87,360
90th Percentile Wage	$90,420

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for transportation inspectors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $90,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $87,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,120.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of transportation inspectors from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$87,360	6.16%	21.82%
2021	$81,980	5.60%	-
2020	$77,390	0.41%	-
2019	$77,070	4.36%	-
2018	$73,710	3.24%	-
2017	$71,320	-4.74%	-
2016	$74,700	2.72%	-
2015	$72,670	2.19%	-
2014	$71,080	2.74%	-
2013	$69,130	1.20%	-
2012	$68,300	-	-

Table 2. Compare Transportation Inspectors Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $87,360, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for transportation inspectors in state of New York, following the highest paying city Rochester (median annual salary of $89,940). Compared with Rochester, the median annual salary of transportation inspectors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 2.9 percent (2.9%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Rochester	$89,940
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$87,360
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$79,120
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$79,000
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$69,320
Syracuse	$62,920
Nassau-Suffolk	$61,860