Construction and Building Inspectors in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,754
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$12,216
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,311
Missouri costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Missouri — 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
$62,970
Kept after tax
$50,754
Worth in national money
$55,311
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for construction and building inspectors is on the low side in Missouri. The middle earner gets $62,970. That is 42 of 51 states, and about 15.69% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Missouri reports figures for, this is number 178.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,970 you keep $50,754, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $55,311 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $65,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For construction and building inspectors, Missouri sits in the lower band at $62,970, ranking 42 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.69%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Missouri's occupational distribution, construction and building inspectors sits at 178 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for construction and building inspectors on $62,970 is $50,754. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $55,311 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $65,140 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 | $46,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,690 |
| This salary | $62,970 |
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 Missouri | $50,754 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,776 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,000 |
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 | $60,453 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,209 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Missouri earn less than $62,970. The published range is $46,980 up to $87,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,754 take-home in Missouri comes from $62,970. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 178 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,311, the adjusted value of that $62,970 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 178 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for construction and building inspectors in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,980 to $87,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,754, from $62,970, assumes a single Missouri filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 178 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $55,311 — the adjusted value of that $62,970 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 178 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 $65,140, 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 — $46,980 at the tenth percentile, $87,690 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Missouri is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $55,311 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Missouri's own levy, $50,754 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 Missouri is $65,140. 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 ($46,980 to $87,690) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Missouri rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Missouri'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 $55,311 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 $50,754 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Missouri 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.