Construction and Building Inspectors in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,682
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$16,448
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,716
Utah costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Utah — 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
$74,130
Kept after tax
$57,682
Worth in national money
$60,716
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays construction and building inspectors around $74,130 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 487 occupations Utah reports figures for, this is number 145.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $74,130 you keep $57,682 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $60,716 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $73,580.
- For construction and building inspectors the Utah median is $74,130, ranking 23 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.
- In Utah's occupational distribution, construction and building inspectors sits at 145 of 487 — 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.
- Retained pay in Utah is $57,682 after the full tax stack, from $74,130. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $60,716 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $73,580 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Construction and Building Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,630 |
| This salary | $74,130 |
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 Utah | $57,682 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,980 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,037 |
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 | $69,441 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,814 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Utah earn less than $74,130. The published range is $48,690 up to $99,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $57,682 take-home in Utah comes from $74,130. 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 145 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $60,716, the adjusted value of that $74,130 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 145 of 487 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for construction and building inspectors in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,690 to $99,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $57,682, from $74,130, assumes a single Utah 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 145 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $60,716 — the adjusted value of that $74,130 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 145 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,690 and the top tenth $99,630, so most people doing this work in Utah sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Utah sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $60,716 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 Utah adds its own income tax on top — which is why $57,682 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,690 to $99,630) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Utah rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Utah'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 $60,716 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 $57,682 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Utah 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.