Cook County, Illinois / Plumbing Inspector
Role across Cook County, Illinois
Plumbing Inspector
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
4 people hold the Plumbing Inspector role across 1 department in Cook County, Illinois, with a median total compensation of $29,671.
- Employees
- 4
- Median pay
- $29,671
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- —
Compared with the local labor market
Plumbing Inspector pay vs. the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Construction and Building Inspectors — about 1,840 people — is $82,640. Cook County, Illinois pays a median base salary of $29,671 for this role, 64% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Cook County, Illinois sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Construction and Building Inspectors across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cook County, Illinois’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. Cook County, Illinois’s median base salary is 60% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cook County, Illinois is $29,671, 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
Plumbing Inspector pay in other jurisdictions
Where Plumbing Inspectors are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Plumbing Inspectorroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.