Alaska

Construction Inspector pay in Alaska

What construction and building inspectors earn in Alaska: pay for the state and 1 metro area, plus job counts and no listed training programs yet.

  • $102,330Average across all experience levels (state)
  • $73,550Entry-level / bottom 10%
  • $102,410Median pay (state)
  • $124,840Top 10% earn over

270 jobs in Alaska.

Pay by percentile

Construction Inspector pay in Alaska

Annual wages.

Area10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctMeanEmployed
Alaska$73,550$80,560$102,410$121,250$124,840$102,330270
United States$47,140$58,860$74,690$94,710$114,200$77,730146,720
Annual wages by percentile.

Metro areas

Area10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctMeanEmployed
Anchorage, AK$71,450$82,220$106,780$121,250$124,280$104,090160
Metro area estimates, BLS, May 2025. Only areas BLS published are shown.

At a glance

How Alaska compares

Rank by average pay2 of 53 states and territories with a BLS estimate
Average vs U.S. average+31.6% ($102,330 vs $77,730)
Median vs U.S. median+37.1% ($102,410 vs $74,690)
Median hourly wage$49.24
Bottom 10% to top 10%$73,550 to $124,840
Jobs per 1,000 jobs in the state0.84
Location quotient0.89 (less concentrated than the U.S. average of 1.00)
Metro areas with a BLS estimate1: Anchorage, AK $106,780
Computed from the BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates state and metro files. A location quotient above 1 means the job makes up a larger share of employment in the state than nationally.

Training

Schools and apprenticeships in Alaska

We found no construction inspector school program or registered apprenticeship sponsor in Alaska in the IPEDS 2023-24 completions file or the DOL partner file. Programs in nearby states may enroll out-of-state students. This site covers pay and careers; the school and apprenticeship directory lives on our sister site.

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Sources

Figures as of BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates (released 2026-05-15) and BLS Employment Projections 2025–35 (released 2026-08-27).

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates, released 2026-05-15 (news release USDL-26-0725; data tables). Cross-checked against the BLS Public Data API on 2026-11-04.
  • Occupation: O*NET OnLine, 47-4011.00 Construction and Building Inspectors, retrieved 2026-11-04 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Apprenticeship sponsors: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship: partner sponsors file, retrieved 2026-10-29 (Partner Finder).
  • Schools & graduates: U.S. Department of Education, NCES IPEDS Completions 2023-24 (C2024_A) and Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), award year 2023-24, matched by 6-digit CIP code (completions file; CIP-SOC crosswalk).
  • Tuition: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (Most Recent Cohorts: Institution + Field of Study), data updated 2026-10-15, matched by IPEDS unit ID (source).

Program listings are matched from public files by occupation code or organization name; they are not endorsements and we have not visited or tested any program. Confirm schedules, entry requirements and costs with the program. Compiled by the HighPayingTrades Data Team; last refreshed 2026-11-04.