Transportation Inspectors Salary in Tucson, AZ

Transportation Inspectors pay range in Tucson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $52,870 a year or less, while the top 10% make $88,580 or more. The middle half of transportation inspectors in Tucson earn between $77,390 and $79,120.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Transportation Inspectors salary after taxes in Tucson

On the average salary of $75,430, a single filer in Tucson takes home about $60,403 a year, or $5,034 a month and $2,323 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Tucson a good place for transportation inspectors? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Tucson area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.9), so the average $75,430 buys what about $77,846 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Tucson ($47,760). A typical home costs $343,580, or 4.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Transportation Inspectors salary in other Arizona cities

Tucson ranks 1st of 2 Arizona metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for transportation inspectors

Anchorage, AK pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($128,300).

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