Construction and Building Inspectors in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,147
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$12,933
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,456
North Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in North Carolina — 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
$66,080
Kept after tax
$53,147
Worth in national money
$56,456
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Carolina pays construction and building inspectors around $66,080 at the midpoint, 31 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Construction and building inspectors ranks 157 among 489 occupations North Carolina publishes pay for.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $66,080 the take-home is $53,147; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,456 would nationally. The average comes to $69,070, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For construction and building inspectors the North Carolina median is $66,080, ranking 31 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 157 of 489 in North Carolina 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.
- Post-tax income for construction and building inspectors in North Carolina, on $66,080, is $53,147 — equivalent to $56,456 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $69,070 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Construction and Building Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,220 |
| This salary | $66,080 |
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 North Carolina | $53,147 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,275 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$426 |
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 | $63,432 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$515 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $66,080 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,840 and the ninetieth is $95,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $53,147, worked from $66,080. 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 157 of 489.
- Two cautions on $56,456, the adjusted value of that $66,080 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of North Carolina. 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 157 of 489 locally.
- The North Carolina median of $66,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,840 to $95,220. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The North Carolina take-home of $53,147, on $66,080 for work ranking 157 of 489 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 157 of 489 in the state.
- This $56,456 adjusted figure, worked from $66,080, 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 157 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 157 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $69,070, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,840 and the top tenth $95,220 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $56,456.
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 North Carolina's own levy, $53,147 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 North Carolina is $69,070. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,840) and the ninetieth ($95,220) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
North Carolina'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 $56,456 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 $53,147 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and North Carolina 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.