Construction and Building Inspectors in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,812
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$16,608
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,965
Rhode Island costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Rhode Island — 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
$77,420
Kept after tax
$60,812
Worth in national money
$59,965
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for construction and building inspectors. The middle earner takes $77,420, which ranks 15 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.66% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 168.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $77,420, take-home of $60,812 is worth roughly $59,965 in national money. The average comes to $80,850, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 15 of 51 states publishing a median for construction and building inspectors, at $77,420 — about 3.66% 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.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, construction and building inspectors sits at 168 of 452 — 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for construction and building inspectors, whose median is $77,420, the adjusted figure of $59,965 differs little from $60,812 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $80,850 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 | $57,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,940 |
| This salary | $77,420 |
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 Rhode Island | $60,812 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,295 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,170 |
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 | $73,890 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,141 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Rhode Island earn less than $77,420. The published range is $57,950 up to $110,940, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $60,812, worked from $77,420. 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 168 of 452.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,965, the adjusted value of that $77,420 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 168 of 452 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for construction and building inspectors in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,950 to $110,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $60,812, on $77,420 for work ranking 168 of 452 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 168 of 452 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $59,965 — the adjusted value of that $77,420 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 168 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $80,850 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $57,950 at the bottom tenth to $110,940 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $59,965 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Rhode Island adds its own income tax on top — which is why $60,812 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 Rhode Island is $80,850. 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 ($57,950 to $110,940) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Rhode Island rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Rhode Island's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $59,965 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 $60,812 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Rhode Island 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.