Construction and Building Inspectors in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,686
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$13,464
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,228
Kansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Kansas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$63,150
Kept after tax
$49,686
Worth in national money
$55,228
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays construction and building inspectors a middle wage of $63,150, 41 of 51 states and about 15.45% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Construction and building inspectors ranks 174 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $63,150 you keep $49,686 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $55,228 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $68,210, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas's $63,150 median for construction and building inspectors places it 41 of 51 states, about 15.45% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 174 of 488 in Kansas places construction and building inspectors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $49,686 after the full tax stack, from $63,150. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,228 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $68,210 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Construction and Building Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,420 |
| This salary | $63,150 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Kansas | $49,686 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,921 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$768 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $59,124 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$929 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of construction and building inspectors in Kansas earn under $63,150 and half over. The published range runs $48,170 at the tenth percentile to $91,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $49,686, from $63,150, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 174 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,228, the adjusted value of that $63,150 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 174 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction and building inspectors in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,170 to $91,420; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,686 from $63,150. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 174 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $55,228 — the adjusted value of that $63,150 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 174 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $68,210, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,170 at the tenth percentile, $91,420 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $55,228 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Kansas then takes its own share, leaving $49,686.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Kansas is $68,210. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,170 to $91,420) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Kansas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Kansas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $55,228 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $49,686 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Kansas income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.