Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Building Inspectors make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Building Inspectors with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $35440 to $45920 per year or $17 to $22 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Construction and Building Inspector will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

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

After comparing how much do Building Inspectors make with other careers, they have a salary rank of B.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$47	$97310
Senior (Top 25%)	$37	$77400
Middle (Mid 50%)	$29	$59700
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$22	$45920
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$17	$35440

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
CA	$ 43	$ 89,680
ND	$ 41	$ 85,040
AK	$ 40	$ 83,270
DC	$ 39	$ 80,530
WA	$ 37	$ 76,570
OR	$ 35	$ 73,490
NV	$ 35	$ 72,150
MN	$ 33	$ 69,200
MA	$ 33	$ 68,080
RI	$ 33	$ 67,990

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, ND, AK, DC and WA.

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