Construction and Building Inspectors in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,922
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$10,718
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,135
New Hampshire costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Hampshire — 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
$65,640
Kept after tax
$54,922
Worth in national money
$52,135
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Hampshire pays construction and building inspectors around $65,640 at the midpoint, 34 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Construction and building inspectors ranks 207 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $65,640 the take-home is $54,922. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $52,135 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $68,820, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For construction and building inspectors the New Hampshire median is $65,640, ranking 34 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 207 of 488 in New Hampshire 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 after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $54,922 for construction and building inspectors, from $65,640. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,135. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $68,820 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 | $45,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,610 |
| This salary | $65,640 |
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 New Hampshire | $54,922 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,922 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,383 |
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 | $65,640 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,301 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Hampshire earn less than $65,640. The published range is $45,070 up to $88,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $54,922 take-home in New Hampshire comes from $65,640. 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 207 of 488.
- Two cautions on $52,135, the adjusted value of that $65,640 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Hampshire. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 207 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for construction and building inspectors in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,070 to $88,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $54,922, from $65,640, assumes a single New Hampshire 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 207 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
- This $52,135 adjusted figure, worked from $65,640, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 207 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 207 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 $68,820, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,070 and the top tenth $88,610, so most people doing this work in New Hampshire sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $52,135 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $54,922 survives, because New Hampshire levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 New Hampshire is $68,820. 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 ($45,070 to $88,610) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Hampshire rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Hampshire's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $52,135 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
New Hampshire levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $54,922 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.