How much do Transportation Inspectors make in Longview, TX?

Percentile spread

For Transportation Inspectors, the published 10th percentile is $30,270 and the 90th percentile is $107,670. The difference is $77,400, which is 71.9% 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 $72,160 to the 75th at $107,670, covers $35,510.

The mean annual wage is $86,720, which sits below the median of $107,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Longview, TX median is 16.9% higher than the national median of $92,100 for Transportation Inspectors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $120,322, which is 30.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.1% higher than the Texas median of $101,440.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Longview, TX is 89.485, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $107,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Transportation Inspectors at $120,322 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Transportation Inspectors. Longview, TX ranks 2nd of 4 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).).

• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 136 miles away, with a median of $126,010 and employment of 890. That median is 17% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $122,233, against $120,322 here.
• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 165 miles away, with a median of $73,480 and employment of 50. That median is 31.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,603, against $120,322 here.
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 186 miles away, with a median of $92,570 and employment of 480. That median is 14% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $93,857, against $120,322 here.

Employment share

Transportation Inspectors accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Longview, TX (30 of 118,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (24,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.61 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.