Transportation Inspectors · SOC 53-6051

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Transportation Inspectorss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for transportation inspectors. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (4 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 80 metro areas

Transportation Inspectors: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$140,880	180	0.1
2	Anchorage, AK	$131,060	110	0.6
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$129,480	270	0.1
4	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$126,710	290	0.2
5	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$126,010	890	0.2
6	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$121,410	280	0.2
7	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$120,000	120	0.1
8	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$115,920	70	0.1
9	Columbia, SC	$115,210	40	0.1
10	Oklahoma City, OK	$109,990	160	0.2
11	Urban Honolulu, HI	$108,270	130	0.3
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$107,840	160	0.1
13	Longview, TX	$107,670	30	0.3
14	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$107,640	480	0.2
15	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$107,330	80	0.1
16	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$106,330	110	0.2
17	Baton Rouge, LA	$105,370	50	0.1
18	Boise City, ID	$105,370	100	0.3
19	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$105,370	110	0.3
20	Wichita, KS	$104,370	50	0.2
21	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$104,080	120	0.1
22	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$103,490	140	0.1
23	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$103,360	Not published	Not published
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$101,040	560	0.1
25	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$100,420	120	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Transportation 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.