Employment Prospects
About 44 percent of building inspectors work in municipal or county building departments which are usually governed locally.
Many building inspectors are also self employed and contract their services working in conjunction with -
- Appraisers
- Engineers
- Cost engineers
- Construction managers
- Surveyors
- Mapping technicians
- Architects
Median annual wages of wage and salary construction and building inspectors were $50,180 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $39,070 and $63,360.