Pay distribution $46,200 10th $53,830 25th $80,750 75th $92,150 90th
Half of Construction and Building Inspectors in the Ithaca metro area earn more than $64,070 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $53,830 and $80,750.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $46,200 $53,830 $64,070 $80,750 $92,150 Hourly $22.21 $25.88 $30.80 $38.82 $44.30
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Ithaca metro areathis metro area
$64,070 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $53,830 to $80,750
$79,460 median for New York; middle half earns $61,920 to $103,960
$74,690 median for United States; middle half earns $58,860 to $94,710
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −19% vs New York overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $25,530 $60,270 $95,010 $129,750 Ponce, PR — $25,530 Aguadilla, PR — $38,390 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $45,090 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $45,700 Bowling Green, KY — $45,740 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $45,980 Laredo, TX — $47,340 Lubbock, TX — $48,010 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,080 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $48,160 Jackson, MS — $48,700 Muncie, IN — $48,830 El Paso, TX — $49,030 Odessa, TX — $49,610 Texarkana, TX-AR — $49,910 Ocala, FL — $50,210 Jonesboro, AR — $50,460 Johnson City, TN — $50,720 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $50,880 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $51,240 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $53,630 San Angelo, TX — $54,070 Jackson, TN — $54,450 Wichita Falls, TX — $54,820 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $54,990 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $55,240 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $55,620 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $56,160 Morristown, TN — $56,300 Springfield, IL — $56,610 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $56,820 Lawton, OK — $56,960 Monroe, LA — $57,240 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $57,300 Florence, SC — $57,590 Abilene, TX — $57,600 Johnstown, PA — $57,720 Williamsport, PA — $58,040 Knoxville, TN — $58,150 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $58,210 Decatur, AL — $58,440 Winston-Salem, NC — $58,490 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $58,570 Homosassa Springs, FL — $58,710 Lake Charles, LA — $58,740 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $58,890 Goldsboro, NC — $59,120 Waco, TX — $59,240 Chambersburg, PA — $59,350 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $59,600 Oklahoma City, OK — $59,610 Midland, TX — $59,630 Gainesville, FL — $59,670 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $59,670 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $59,750 Topeka, KS — $59,760 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $59,800 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $59,800 Joplin, MO-KS — $59,820 Valdosta, GA — $59,820 Greenville, NC — $59,870 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $59,870 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $59,910 Evansville, IN — $60,000 Hinesville, GA — $60,020 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $60,140 Wheeling, WV-OH — $60,310 Tallahassee, FL — $60,380 Punta Gorda, FL — $60,510 Columbus, GA-AL — $60,520 College Station-Bryan, TX — $60,760 Harrisonburg, VA — $60,930 Columbia, MO — $61,170 Dothan, AL — $61,300 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,310 Farmington, NM — $61,320 Springfield, MO — $61,350 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,400 Mobile, AL — $61,410 Huntsville, AL — $61,420 Killeen-Temple, TX — $61,490 Casper, WY — $61,560 Pocatello, ID — $61,570 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,630 Jacksonville, NC — $61,670 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $61,890 Tulsa, OK — $61,890 Fayetteville, NC — $61,950 Lincoln, NE — $61,960 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $62,040 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $62,110 Wichita, KS — $62,300 Asheville, NC — $62,320 Montgomery, AL — $62,350 Peoria, IL — $62,350 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $62,360 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $62,390 Columbia, SC — $62,410 Cheyenne, WY — $62,490 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $62,530 Warner Robins, GA — $62,650 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $62,660 Jacksonville, FL — $62,670 Boise City, ID — $62,700 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $62,720 Burlington, NC — $62,760 Clarksville, TN-KY — $62,850 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $62,900 Kingston, NY — $62,940 Erie, PA — $63,110 Tucson, AZ — $63,110 Altoona, PA — $63,150 Albuquerque, NM — $63,190 Spartanburg, SC — $63,340 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $63,390 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $63,410 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $63,560 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $63,600 Yuma, AZ — $63,630 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $63,650 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $63,650 Wilmington, NC — $63,670 Charleston, WV — $63,720 Niles, MI — $63,720 St. Louis, MO-IL — $63,840 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $63,950 Lynchburg, VA — $64,000 Ithaca, NY — $64,070 Las Cruces, NM — $64,090 Port St. Lucie, FL — $64,100 Utica-Rome, NY — $64,190 Jefferson City, MO — $64,240 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $64,300 Sherman-Denison, TX — $64,310 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $64,390 Birmingham, AL — $64,400 Bangor, ME — $64,480 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $64,590 Pittsburgh, PA — $64,610 Roanoke, VA — $64,680 Tuscaloosa, AL — $64,700 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,710 Santa Fe, NM — $64,770 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $64,870 Canton-Massillon, OH — $64,960 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $65,110 Savannah, GA — $65,220 York-Hanover, PA — $65,270 Kansas City, MO-KS — $65,330 Flagstaff, AZ — $65,390 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $65,780 Elmira, NY — $65,790 Vineland, NJ — $65,790 Omaha, NE-IA — $65,830 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $66,180 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $66,220 Winchester, VA-WV — $66,220 Grand Junction, CO — $66,240 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $66,410 Manhattan, KS — $66,660 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $66,730 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $66,780 Hattiesburg, MS — $66,820 State College, PA — $66,940 Salisbury, MD — $67,010 Longview, TX — $67,050 Bloomington, IN — $67,220 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $67,270 Corpus Christi, TX — $67,350 Akron, OH — $67,410 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $67,650 Fort Wayne, IN — $67,680 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $67,840 Dover, DE — $67,890 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $68,090 Cedar Rapids, IA — $68,210 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $68,240 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $68,450 Appleton, WI — $68,480 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $68,770 Saginaw, MI — $68,940 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $69,000 Reading, PA — $69,000 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $69,020 Binghamton, NY — $69,050 Owensboro, KY — $69,050 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $69,110 Tyler, TX — $69,180 Charlottesville, VA — $69,380 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $69,450 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $69,500 Monroe, MI — $69,570 Amarillo, TX — $69,820 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $69,820 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $70,170 Battle Creek, MI — $70,660 Traverse City, MI — $70,730 Richmond, VA — $70,790 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $71,040 Glens Falls, NY — $71,210 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $71,230 Dalton, GA — $71,230 Great Falls, MT — $71,280 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $71,280 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $71,330 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $71,490 Baton Rouge, LA — $71,770 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $72,070 Rockford, IL — $72,330 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $72,410 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $72,470 Rapid City, SD — $72,470 Pueblo, CO — $72,540 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $72,690 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $72,800 El Centro, CA — $72,860 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $72,970 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $73,060 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $73,350 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $73,440 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $73,590 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $73,840 Ann Arbor, MI — $73,910 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $73,910 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $74,070 Toledo, OH — $74,510 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $74,560 Flint, MI — $74,640 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $74,680 Rocky Mount, NC — $74,790 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $74,880 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $74,930 Lancaster, PA — $74,950 Billings, MT — $74,960 Cleveland, OH — $74,960 Springfield, MA — $75,050 Gainesville, GA — $75,160 Ogden, UT — $75,360 Lexington Park, MD — $75,390 Bismarck, ND — $75,530 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $75,570 Syracuse, NY — $75,610 Colorado Springs, CO — $75,630 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $75,710 Twin Falls, ID — $75,730 Corvallis, OR — $75,950 St. George, UT — $75,950 Redding, CA — $75,960 Pittsfield, MA — $76,000 Lawrence, KS — $76,080 Eau Claire, WI — $76,220 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $76,440 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $76,480 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $76,610 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $76,650 Columbus, OH — $76,930 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $76,980 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $77,040 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $77,220 Portland-South Portland, ME — $77,330 Rochester, NY — $77,340 Salem, OR — $77,540 Elizabethtown, KY — $77,580 Visalia, CA — $77,680 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $77,730 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $77,860 Yakima, WA — $78,000 Iowa City, IA — $78,030 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $78,080 Madison, WI — $78,190 Paducah, KY-IL — $78,360 Greeley, CO — $78,370 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $78,410 Medford, OR — $78,510 Fargo, ND-MN — $78,880 Bloomington, IL — $79,250 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $79,290 Barnstable Town, MA — $79,450 Duluth, MN-WI — $79,470 St. Cloud, MN — $79,670 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $79,730 Ames, IA — $79,740 Idaho Falls, ID — $79,770 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $80,100 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $80,150 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $80,320 Boulder, CO — $80,570 Worcester, MA — $80,650 Modesto, CA — $80,660 Reno, NV — $80,810 Helena, MT — $80,830 Fresno, CA — $80,850 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $82,020 Green Bay, WI — $82,170 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $82,240 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $82,640 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $82,660 Chico, CA — $83,480 Lafayette, LA — $83,780 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $84,240 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $84,620 Urban Honolulu, HI — $84,910 Bend, OR — $85,000 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $86,140 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $87,040 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $89,030 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $89,950 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $90,800 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $92,710 Bellingham, WA — $93,340 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $93,340 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $94,420 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $95,540 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $95,640 Walla Walla, WA — $96,100 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $96,400 Bozeman, MT — $96,530 Rochester, MN — $96,840 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $97,610 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $98,220 New Haven, CT — $98,430 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $98,580 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $98,680 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $99,620 Yuba City, CA — $100,240 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $100,280 Salinas, CA — $100,830 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $101,340 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $102,060 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $102,130 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,830 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $103,980 Napa, CA — $106,410 Anchorage, AK — $106,780 Vallejo, CA — $108,180 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $112,550 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $125,130 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $129,750 Ithaca metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Ithaca metro area has the 211th-highest published median for this occupation among the 338 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in New York Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for construction and building inspectors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Ithaca metro areathis page
$64,070 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $53,830 to $80,750
$90,800 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $70,170 to $114,200
$77,340 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $61,100 to $98,220
$77,040 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $62,860 to $94,950
$75,610 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $59,740 to $100,400
$74,680 median for Watertown metro area; middle half earns $60,250 to $86,260
$72,690 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $52,070 to $93,950
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .