Building code administrator vs residential building inspector

The differences between building code administrators and residential building inspectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a building code administrator and a residential building inspector. Additionally, a building code administrator has an average salary of $77,307, which is higher than the $48,597 average annual salary of a residential building inspector.

The top three skills for a building code administrator include windows server, maven and java. The most important skills for a residential building inspector are sketch, windows, and plumbing.

Building code administrator vs residential building inspector overview

	Building Code Administrator	Residential Building Inspector
Yearly salary	$77,307	$48,597
Hourly rate	$37.17	$23.36
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	55,630	28,745
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	6	6

Building code administrator vs residential building inspector salary

Building code administrators and residential building inspectors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Building Code Administrator	Residential Building Inspector
Average salary	$77,307	$48,597
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $108,000	Between $28,000 And $82,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between building code administrator and residential building inspector education

There are a few differences between a building code administrator and a residential building inspector in terms of educational background:

	Building Code Administrator	Residential Building Inspector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	San Diego State University	San Diego State University

Building code administrator vs residential building inspector demographics

Here are the differences between building code administrators' and residential building inspectors' demographics:

	Building Code Administrator	Residential Building Inspector
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 53.0% Female, 47.0%	Male, 87.6% Female, 12.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 3.4% White, 68.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 8.1% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 3.4% White, 69.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between building code administrator and residential building inspector duties and responsibilities

Building code administrator example responsibilities.

Establish operating policies and procedures and attain SNF Medicare certification.
Maintain activities relate to security in TFS.
Integrate Nant script to be call in TFS build.
Develop scripts to migrate all CVS repositories to SVN using CVS2SVN.
Service and repair all water source heat pumps-compressors, belts, pressure switches & air handler motors.
Supervise HVAC technicians, security guards, gardeners, service drivers, janitors, secretary, and telephone receptionists.

Residential building inspector example responsibilities.

Lead site excavations, form structuring, and supervise concrete pours.
Perform residential building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical inspections.
Pass all require residential building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspector exams.
Conduct inspections of newly build or previously own homes, condominiums, town homes, manufacture homes.

Building code administrator vs residential building inspector skills

Common building code administrator skills

Windows Server, 10%
Maven, 9%
Java, 8%
Build Scripts, 7%
ANT, 7%
Linux, 7%

Common residential building inspector skills

Sketch, 39%
Windows, 10%
Plumbing, 10%
Residential Buildings, 9%
Inspection Process, 8%
HVAC, 6%

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