How much do Transportation Inspectors make in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Percentile spread

For Transportation Inspectors, the published 10th percentile is $40,870 and the 90th percentile is $151,860. The difference is $110,990, which is 162.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $47,220 to the 75th at $121,370, covers $74,150.

The mean annual wage is $85,580, which sits above the median of $68,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kansas City, MO-KS median is 25.7% lower than the national median of $92,100 for Transportation Inspectors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,976, which is 19.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.8% higher than the Missouri median of $64,690.

Kansas City, MO-KS covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kansas City, MO-KS is 92.543, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $68,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Transportation Inspectors at $73,976 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Transportation Inspectors. Kansas City, MO-KS ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Wichita, KS is 176 miles away, with a median of $104,370 and employment of 50. That median is 52.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $117,341, against $73,976 here.

Employment share

Transportation Inspectors accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Kansas City, MO-KS (90 of 1,096,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (24,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.52 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.