Construction and Building Inspectors in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,988
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$16,622
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,362
Wisconsin costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wisconsin — 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
$75,610
Kept after tax
$58,988
Worth in national money
$63,362
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays construction and building inspectors around $75,610 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Wisconsin reports figures for, this is number 146.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $75,610 the take-home is $58,988; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $63,362 would nationally. The average lands at $75,490, below the middle of the range.
- For construction and building inspectors the Wisconsin median is $75,610, ranking 19 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 Wisconsin's occupational distribution, construction and building inspectors sits at 146 of 491 — 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.
- Post-tax income for construction and building inspectors in Wisconsin, on $75,610, is $58,988 — equivalent to $63,362 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 $75,490 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Construction and Building Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,240 |
| This salary | $75,610 |
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 Wisconsin | $58,988 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,022 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$463 |
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 | $71,297 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$640 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wisconsin earn less than $75,610. The published range is $47,290 up to $101,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,988 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $75,610. 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 146 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,362 uses one figure for the whole of Wisconsin. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 146.
- Reported values are medians; for construction and building inspectors in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,290 to $101,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,988, from $75,610, assumes a single Wisconsin 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 146 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,362, worked from $75,610, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wisconsin address, on work sitting at 146 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,290 and the top tenth $101,240, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $63,362.
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 Wisconsin adds its own income tax on top — which is why $58,988 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 ($47,290 to $101,240) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wisconsin rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Wisconsin'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 $63,362 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 $58,988 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Wisconsin 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.