Construction and Building Inspectors · SOC 47-4011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Construction and Building Inspectorss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for construction and building inspectors. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 338 metro areas

Construction and Building Inspectors: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$129,750	860	0.8
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$125,130	2,380	1.0
3	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$112,550	210	1.1
4	Vallejo, CA	$108,180	190	1.3
5	Anchorage, AK	$106,780	160	0.9
6	Napa, CA	$106,410	50	0.6
7	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$103,980	1,060	1.0
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,830	1,640	0.8
9	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$102,130	110	0.9
10	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$102,060	140	0.7
11	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$101,340	130	0.4
12	Salinas, CA	$100,830	90	0.5
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$100,280	3,870	0.6
14	Yuba City, CA	$100,240	40	0.7
15	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$99,620	750	1.2
16	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$98,680	60	0.6
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$98,580	1,330	0.9
18	New Haven, CT	$98,430	180	0.6
19	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$98,220	120	0.9
20	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$97,610	60	1.2
21	Rochester, MN	$96,840	50	0.4
22	Bozeman, MT	$96,530	40	0.5
23	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$96,400	50	1.1
24	Walla Walla, WA	$96,100	40	1.5
25	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$95,640	110	1.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Construction and Building Inspectors overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.