Construction and Building Inspectors in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,438
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$23,072
27.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,669
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — 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
$84,510
Kept after tax
$61,438
Worth in national money
$58,669
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for construction and building inspectors. The middle earner takes $84,510, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 13.15% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Construction and building inspectors ranks 136 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $84,510, tax leaves $61,438 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $58,669 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $87,080, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for construction and building inspectors, at $84,510 — about 13.15% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 136 of 489 in Oregon 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.
- After tax, $61,438 remains from the Oregon median of $84,510 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $58,669 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $87,080 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 | $60,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,910 |
| This salary | $84,510 |
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 Oregon | $61,438 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,283 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,599 |
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 | $74,781 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,022 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
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 Oregon earn under $84,510 and half over. The published range runs $60,970 at the tenth percentile to $115,910 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $61,438, from $84,510, 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 136 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,669, the adjusted value of that $84,510 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 136 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction and building inspectors in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,970 to $115,910; 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 Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,438 from $84,510. 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 136 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $58,669 — the adjusted value of that $84,510 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 136 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $87,080, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $60,970 at the bottom tenth to $115,910 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Oregon costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $58,669 rather than its face figure.
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; Oregon then takes its own share, leaving $61,438.
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 Oregon is $87,080. 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 ($60,970 to $115,910) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oregon rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $58,669 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $61,438 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon 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.