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Average Construction And Building Inspectors Salary in Massachusetts

Construction And Building Inspectors in Massachusetts earn a median annual salary of $83,200, which is +11.4% compared to the national median. There are 4,290 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Massachusetts (state).

$83,200
Massachusetts median annual wage
$40/hour median
+11.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $74,690
4,290
Local employment
1.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.25
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$50,330
25th
$65,730
Median
$83,200
75th
$104,030
90th
$123,400

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Massachusetts, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
105.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$78,671
Goods: 98.8%
Services: 152.1%
Rents: 128.1%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Alaska $102,410 Compare 270
California $101,290 Compare 13,420
Connecticut $98,670 Compare 1,430
Washington $96,140 Compare 3,090
Minnesota $88,670 Compare 1,390
District of Columbia $86,200 Compare 370

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Massachusetts

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Radiologists $426,560 N/A
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $392,300 N/A
Surgeons, All Other $387,150 1.31
Emergency Medicine Physicians $356,230 1.15
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $325,200 2.14
Nurse Anesthetists $295,550 0.41
General Internal Medicine Physicians $285,250 1.01
Physicians, Pathologists $285,240 1.24

Massachusetts has salary data for 737 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Radiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Construction And Building Inspectors in Massachusetts

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Construction And Building Inspectors are projected to change by -0.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,800 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.