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Construction and Building Inspectors pay in Alaska and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Construction and Building Inspectors is $102,410 per year in Alaska. It is $79,460 per year in New York. Alaska is 28.9% above New York on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-4011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 270 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 11,160 in New York. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings