City of Buffalo / Economic Development - Permit& Inspect / Plumbing Inspector
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
4 employees hold this title in Economic Development - Permit& Inspect. Median total compensation for the role is $84,037, above the department median of $79,570.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, the median wage for Construction and Building Inspectors — about 590 people — is $77,040. Economic Development - Permit& Inspect pays a median base salary of $63,058 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 25th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Construction and Building Inspectors across every employer in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Economic Development - Permit& Inspect’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Construction and Building Inspectors — about 146,720 people — is $74,690. Economic Development - Permit& Inspect’s median base salary is 16% below that national figure, about the 32nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 3 of 4 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Economic Development - Permit& Inspect is $84,037, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 9 jurisdictions. See Plumbing Inspector across all of City of Buffalo →
Median total compensation for comparable Plumbing Inspectorroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Plumbing Inspector/Economic Development - Permit& Inspect
Source-specific fields
At Economic Development - Permit& Inspect, Charles Disalvo serves as a Plumbing Inspector within Public Safety. Their 2024 pay totaled $93,161.
Plumbing Inspector/Economic Development - Permit& Inspect
Source-specific fields
At Economic Development - Permit& Inspect, Lenny Johnson serves as a Plumbing Inspector within Public Safety. Their 2026 pay totaled $84,064.
Plumbing Inspector/Economic Development - Permit& Inspect
Source-specific fields
Joseph Sperrazza is a Plumbing Inspector at Economic Development - Permit& Inspect within Public Safety. 2026 total compensation came to $84,009.
Plumbing Inspector/Economic Development - Permit& Inspect
Source-specific fields
David Slomba holds the role of Plumbing Inspector at Economic Development - Permit& Inspect within Public Safety. In 2026, their total compensation was $83,301.