How Much Do Building Inspectors Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Construction and Building Inspectors

Construction and Building Inspectors inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.

Salary
$66470
Becoming One
Medium
Education
Post-secondary certificate
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$66470 per year
Hourly wage
$32 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$37,850 to $48,860 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$18 to $23 per hour

Entry-level Construction and Building Inspectors with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $37,850 to $48,860 per year or $18 to $23 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
B

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Construction and Building Inspectors to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $49 $101,170
Senior (Top 25%) $39 $80,970
Middle (Mid 50%) $30 $62,860
Junior (Bottom 25%) $23 $48,860
No experience (Bottom 10%) $18 $37,850

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CA $44 $91,510
AK $43 $90,260
CT $42 $87,280
DC $42 $87,190
WA $38 $79,310
NV $38 $78,700
MA $36 $75,790
MN $36 $74,430
IL $36 $74,290
OR $35 $73,060

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Construction and Building Inspector is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Building Inspectors are in the states of CA, AK, CT, DC and WA.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Insurance Carriers $89240 $42.90
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution $87000 $41.83
Natural Gas Distribution $86860 $41.76
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance $86120 $41.40
Rail Transportation $82040 $39.44
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities $80780 $38.84
Federal Executive Branch $77640 $37.33
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $75920 $36.50
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction $75880 $36.48
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing $75620 $36.36
Nonresidential Building Construction $72250 $34.74
Elementary and Secondary Schools $71840 $34.54
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas $70710 $34.00
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $70560 $33.92
Employment Services $70340 $33.82
Water, Sewage and Other Systems $70130 $33.72
Utility System Construction $68500 $32.93
Office Administrative Services $68440 $32.90
Services to Buildings and Dwellings $67140 $32.28
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $66630 $32.04
Support Activities for Mining $66420 $31.93
Building Equipment Contractors $65940 $31.70
Local Government $65260 $31.38
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $62720 $30.16
State Government $62280 $29.94
Management of Companies and Enterprises $61990 $29.81
Other Specialty Trade Contractors $61150 $29.40
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $59750 $28.73
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors $59470 $28.59
Residential Building Construction $58450 $28.10

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