Construction and Building Inspectors Salary — Walla Walla, Washington

The average Construction and Building Inspectors in Walla Walla, Washington earns $89,720 a year.

$89,720 / year, mean
↑ 13.5% above national average 30th percentile in Washington

Walla Walla pays below most of Washington for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's a solid premium over the national average for construction and building inspectors. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Washington

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.2%
Cost of living 99 #70 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2245 #169 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $419,484 #45 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $72,212 #90 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Walla Walla ranks #70 for cost of living and #45 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $124,420 San Francisco $123,300 Santa Maria $116,130 Santa Rosa $110,080 Vallejo $106,740 Sacramento $104,680 Salinas $104,660 Napa $102,640 Los Angeles $99,710 Stockton $99,640 San Diego $99,240 Wenatchee $98,640 Yuba City $98,360 Olympia $96,770 Seattle $96,490 Bremerton $96,190 Bellingham $95,420 New York $93,640 Chico $93,240 Mount Vernon $93,150 Santa Cruz $91,890 Riverside $91,670 Portland $91,510 San Luis Obispo $91,210 Kennewick $90,200 Fresno $90,140 Oxnard $89,850 Walla Walla $89,720 Spokane $88,690 Bend $86,890 Modesto $85,050 Chicago $84,690 Yakima $84,670 Trenton $83,320 Bakersfield $82,820 Visalia $82,590 Redding $81,500 Rochester $81,360 Bloomington $81,060 Lansing $80,890 Salem $80,790 Corvallis $78,920 Buffalo $78,720 Medford $78,510 El Centro $78,480 Hagerstown $77,910 Syracuse $77,590 Watertown $77,330 Eugene $77,290 Baltimore $77,240 Philadelphia $76,580 Kiryas Joel $76,480 Miami $76,360 Richmond $75,950 Austin $75,550 Glens Falls $75,550 Albany $75,170 Elizabethtown $75,080 Champaign $74,980 Atlantic City $74,490 Monroe $74,160 Winchester $73,850 Detroit $73,560 Bloomington $73,480 Ann Arbor $73,290 Elmira $72,840 Houston $72,640 Dallas $72,420 Paducah $72,170 Battle Creek $72,100 Binghamton $71,960 Orlando $71,890 Reading $71,640 Staunton $71,370 Flint $71,310 Lexington Park $71,300 Fort Myers $71,250 Kalamazoo $71,240 Grand Rapids $70,960 Naples $70,910 Lancaster $70,850 Amarillo $70,620 Louisville $70,560 Charlottesville $70,470 Panama City $70,420 Elkhart $70,400 Utica $70,100 Tampa $70,080 Crestview $70,060 Saginaw $70,060 Allentown $69,890 Palm Bay $69,790 Roanoke $69,590 Rockford $69,430 Traverse City $69,370 State College $69,350 Virginia Beach $69,210 Indianapolis $69,200 Owensboro $69,190 Fort Wayne $69,130 Corpus Christi $69,110 Port St. Lucie $68,940 Charleston $68,920 Harrisburg $68,910 Dover $68,890 Pittsburgh $68,800 Vineland $68,620 York $68,360 Jacksonville $68,090 Chambersburg $68,050 Beaumont $68,030 Lafayette $67,970 San Antonio $67,950 Pensacola $67,940 Ithaca $67,860 Wildwood $67,820 Kingston $67,800 Muskegon $67,770 Salisbury $67,740 Punta Gorda $67,630 Sebastian $67,600 Midland $67,410 Tyler $67,140 Lexington $66,940 Sarasota $66,890 Gainesville $66,740 Niles $66,630 Blacksburg $66,300 College Station $66,130 Lynchburg $66,130 Peoria $66,120 Killeen $65,950 Erie $65,730 Longview $65,720 Sherman $65,680 Harrisonburg $65,460 Tallahassee $65,390 Michigan City $65,130 South Bend $65,110 Scranton $64,690 Altoona $64,380 Huntington $63,890 Deltona $63,770 Lakeland $63,710 Evansville $63,530 Johnstown $61,910 Homosassa Springs $61,130 Abilene $60,060 Williamsport $60,050 Waco $59,390 Wheeling $58,970 El Paso $58,660 Springfield $58,180 Wichita Falls $57,990 Ocala $57,910 Texarkana $57,130 Muncie $56,900 Lubbock $56,570 Weirton $56,570 McAllen $56,420 San Angelo $56,350 Odessa $54,460 Laredo $54,220 Bowling Green $53,640 Brownsville $53,150
CityMean salaryvs. Walla Walla
Abilene, Texas$60,060-33.1%
Albany, New York$75,170-16.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$69,890-22.1%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$64,380-28.2%
Amarillo, Texas$70,620-21.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$73,290-18.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$74,490-17.0%
Austin, Texas$75,550-15.8%
Bakersfield, California$82,820-7.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$77,240-13.9%
Battle Creek, Michigan$72,100-19.6%
Beaumont, Texas$68,030-24.2%
Bellingham, Washington$95,420+6.4%
Bend, Oregon$86,890-3.2%
Binghamton, New York$71,960-19.8%
Blacksburg, Virginia$66,300-26.1%
Bloomington, Illinois$81,060-9.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$73,480-18.1%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$53,640-40.2%
Bremerton, Washington$96,190+7.2%
Brownsville, Texas$53,150-40.8%
Buffalo, New York$78,720-12.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$71,250-20.6%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$68,050-24.2%
Champaign, Illinois$74,980-16.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$68,920-23.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$70,470-21.5%
Chicago, Illinois$84,690-5.6%
Chico, California$93,240+3.9%
College Station, Texas$66,130-26.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$69,110-23.0%
Corvallis, Oregon$78,920-12.0%
Crestview, Florida$70,060-21.9%
Dallas, Texas$72,420-19.3%
Deltona, Florida$63,770-28.9%
Detroit, Michigan$73,560-18.0%
Dover, Delaware$68,890-23.2%
El Centro, California$78,480-12.5%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$75,080-16.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$70,400-21.5%
Elmira, New York$72,840-18.8%
El Paso, Texas$58,660-34.6%
Erie, Pennsylvania$65,730-26.7%
Eugene, Oregon$77,290-13.9%
Evansville, Indiana$63,530-29.2%
Flint, Michigan$71,310-20.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$69,130-22.9%
Fresno, California$90,140+0.5%
Gainesville, Florida$66,740-25.6%
Glens Falls, New York$75,550-15.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$70,960-20.9%
Hagerstown, Maryland$77,910-13.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$68,910-23.2%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$65,460-27.0%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$61,130-31.9%
Houston, Texas$72,640-19.0%
Huntington, West Virginia$63,890-28.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$69,200-22.9%
Ithaca, New York$67,860-24.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$68,090-24.1%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$61,910-31.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$71,240-20.6%
Kennewick, Washington$90,200+0.5%
Killeen, Texas$65,950-26.5%
Kingston, New York$67,800-24.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$76,480-14.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$67,970-24.2%
Lakeland, Florida$63,710-29.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$70,850-21.0%
Lansing, Michigan$80,890-9.8%
Laredo, Texas$54,220-39.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$66,940-25.4%
Lexington Park, Maryland$71,300-20.5%
Longview, Texas$65,720-26.7%
Los Angeles, California$99,710+11.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$70,560-21.4%
Lubbock, Texas$56,570-36.9%
Lynchburg, Virginia$66,130-26.3%
McAllen, Texas$56,420-37.1%
Medford, Oregon$78,510-12.5%
Miami, Florida$76,360-14.9%
Michigan City, Indiana$65,130-27.4%
Midland, Texas$67,410-24.9%
Modesto, California$85,050-5.2%
Monroe, Michigan$74,160-17.3%
Mount Vernon, Washington$93,150+3.8%
Muncie, Indiana$56,900-36.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$67,770-24.5%
Napa, California$102,640+14.4%
Naples, Florida$70,910-21.0%
New York, New York$93,640+4.4%
Niles, Michigan$66,630-25.7%
Sarasota, Florida$66,890-25.4%
Ocala, Florida$57,910-35.5%
Odessa, Texas$54,460-39.3%
Olympia, Washington$96,770+7.9%
Orlando, Florida$71,890-19.9%
Owensboro, Kentucky$69,190-22.9%
Oxnard, California$89,850+0.1%
Paducah, Kentucky$72,170-19.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$69,790-22.2%
Panama City, Florida$70,420-21.5%
Pensacola, Florida$67,940-24.3%
Peoria, Illinois$66,120-26.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$76,580-14.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$68,800-23.3%
Portland, Oregon$91,510+2.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$68,940-23.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$67,630-24.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$71,640-20.2%
Redding, California$81,500-9.2%
Richmond, Virginia$75,950-15.3%
Riverside, California$91,670+2.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$69,590-22.4%
Rochester, New York$81,360-9.3%
Rockford, Illinois$69,430-22.6%
Sacramento, California$104,680+16.7%
Saginaw, Michigan$70,060-21.9%
Salem, Oregon$80,790-10.0%
Salinas, California$104,660+16.7%
Salisbury, Maryland$67,740-24.5%
San Angelo, Texas$56,350-37.2%
San Antonio, Texas$67,950-24.3%
San Diego, California$99,240+10.6%
San Francisco, California$123,300+37.4%
San Jose, California$124,420+38.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$91,210+1.7%
Santa Cruz, California$91,890+2.4%
Santa Maria, California$116,130+29.4%
Santa Rosa, California$110,080+22.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$64,690-27.9%
Seattle, Washington$96,490+7.5%
Sebastian, Florida$67,600-24.7%
Sherman, Texas$65,680-26.8%
South Bend, Indiana$65,110-27.4%
Spokane, Washington$88,690-1.1%
Springfield, Illinois$58,180-35.2%
State College, Pennsylvania$69,350-22.7%
Staunton, Virginia$71,370-20.5%
Stockton, California$99,640+11.1%
Syracuse, New York$77,590-13.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$65,390-27.1%
Tampa, Florida$70,080-21.9%
Texarkana, Texas$57,130-36.3%
Traverse City, Michigan$69,370-22.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$83,320-7.1%
Tyler, Texas$67,140-25.2%
Utica, New York$70,100-21.9%
Vallejo, California$106,740+19.0%
Vineland, New Jersey$68,620-23.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$69,210-22.9%
Visalia, California$82,590-7.9%
Waco, Texas$59,390-33.8%
Watertown, New York$77,330-13.8%
Weirton, West Virginia$56,570-36.9%
Wenatchee, Washington$98,640+9.9%
Wheeling, West Virginia$58,970-34.3%
Wichita Falls, Texas$57,990-35.4%
Wildwood, Florida$67,820-24.4%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$60,050-33.1%
Winchester, Virginia$73,850-17.7%
Yakima, Washington$84,670-5.6%
York, Pennsylvania$68,360-23.8%
Yuba City, California$98,360+9.6%
Gross salary
89,720/yr
Estimated take-home
71,948/yr
Est. total withheld
19.8%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Washington has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 47-4011 SOC code
Official area Walla Walla, WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 47460 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
62,102