Construction and Building Inspectors in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,703
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$21,967
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,776
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$88,670
Kept after tax
$66,703
Worth in national money
$67,776
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays construction and building inspectors a middle wage of $88,670, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 18.72% above the national middle.
- Within Minnesota this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, construction and building inspectors ranks 107 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $88,670 the take-home is $66,703, which is worth about $67,776 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $90,440, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for construction and building inspectors is $88,670, about 18.72% above the national figure and 5 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Minnesota publishes a median for, construction and building inspectors sits 107 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for construction and building inspectors on its $88,670 median: $66,703 retained after tax becomes $67,776 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $90,440 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Construction and Building Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $112,420 |
| This salary | $88,670 |
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 Minnesota | $66,703 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,209 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,503 |
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 | $82,265 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,602 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
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 Minnesota earn under $88,670 and half over. The published range runs $61,610 at the tenth percentile to $112,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $66,703, worked from $88,670. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 107 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,776 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 107.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction and building inspectors in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,610 to $112,420; 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.
- The Minnesota take-home of $66,703, on $88,670 for work ranking 107 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 107 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,776, worked from $88,670, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Minnesota address, on work sitting at 107 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $61,610 and the top tenth $112,420, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $67,776 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; Minnesota then takes its own share, leaving $66,703.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,610 to $112,420) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota'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 $67,776 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 $66,703 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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.