Construction and Building Inspectors in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,255
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$10,555
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,832
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — 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
$64,810
Kept after tax
$54,255
Worth in national money
$55,832
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for construction and building inspectors is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $64,810. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 13.23% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Construction and building inspectors ranks 175 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $64,810, take-home of $54,255 is worth roughly $55,832 in national money. The average comes to $69,810, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For construction and building inspectors, Texas sits in the lower band at $64,810, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 13.23%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 175 of 493 in Texas 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for construction and building inspectors, whose median is $64,810, the adjusted figure of $55,832 differs little from $54,255 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $69,810 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 | $43,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,160 |
| This salary | $64,810 |
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 Texas | $54,255 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $54,255 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,388 |
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 | $64,810 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,741 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $64,810. The published range is $43,220 up to $105,160, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $54,255, from $64,810, 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 175 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $55,832, the adjusted value of that $64,810 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Texas. 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 175 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for construction and building inspectors in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,220 to $105,160. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,255 from $64,810. 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 175 of 493 locally.
- This $55,832 adjusted figure, worked from $64,810, 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 175 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 175 of 493 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 $69,810, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $43,220 at the bottom tenth to $105,160 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Texas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $55,832 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $54,255 survives, because Texas 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 Texas is $69,810. 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 ($43,220) and the ninetieth ($105,160) 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?
Texas'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 $55,832 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $54,255 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.