Paycheck Atlas

Construction and Building Inspectors salary in Kentucky

The median construction and building inspectors in Kentucky earns $60,200 a year, 19% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,012 a month.

10th percentile
$37,140
25th percentile
$46,410
Median percentile
$60,200
75th percentile
$79,550
90th percentile
$97,670

Based on 1,380 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$48,143 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,200
Federal income tax−$5,044
Social Security + Medicare−$4,605
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,408
Monthly take-home$4,012
Every two weeks$1,852

Does it go far here?

$66,771Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
24%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($967 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Kentucky

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$350,950
Anesthesiologists$347,960
Physicians, All Other$327,390
Family Medicine Physicians$248,730
General Internal Medicine Physicians$241,530
Nurse Anesthetists$222,520
Chief Executives$179,530
Emergency Medicine Physicians$169,390

All construction and building inspectors salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky