Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Construction Inspector

Job-title file

Construction Inspector

Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.

17 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $143,547, below the department median of $147,401.

Employees: 17
Total payroll: $2.3M
Role median: $143,547
Agency median: $147,401
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$319$177,206+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 17 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Construction Inspector pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Construction and Building Inspectors — about 3,870 people — is $100,280. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $92,132 for this role, 8% below that figure — about the 43rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Works Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$50,630

$72,180

$100,280

$121,210

$158,480

Public Works Department median · $92,132

The bar is the range of annual wages for Construction and Building Inspectors across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works Department’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. Public Works Department’s median base salary is 23% above that national figure, about the 72nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,140

$58,860

$74,690

$94,710

$114,200

Public Works Department median · $92,132

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 16 of 17 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Public Works Department is $143,547, 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

Construction Inspector beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 9 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $143,547 ranks #4 of 9. See Construction Inspector across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$197,729 · 69

$161,141 · 115

$152,058 · 19

$113,786 · 10

$74,412 · 66

New York Public Authorities

$72,685 · 7

Missouri

$39,176 · 128

City of Albuquerque

$29,918 · 16

Median total compensation for comparable Construction Inspector roles 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.

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