Transportation Inspectors Salary in Richmond, VA

Transportation Inspectors pay range in Richmond

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $51,550 a year or less, while the top 10% make $143,080 or more. The middle half of transportation inspectors in Richmond earn between $60,290 and $121,080.

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

Transportation Inspectors salary after taxes in Richmond

On the average salary of $88,800, a single filer in Richmond takes home about $67,009 a year, or $5,584 a month and $2,577 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Richmond area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.9), so the average $88,800 buys what about $90,744 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Richmond ($51,460). A typical home costs $397,705, or 4.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Transportation Inspectors salary in other Virginia cities

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

All Transportation Inspectors salaries in Virginia

Highest-paying cities for transportation inspectors

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

Transportation Inspectors salary by city

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