Building inspector vs building code administrator

The differences between building inspectors and building code administrators 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 inspector and a building code administrator. Additionally, a building code administrator has an average salary of $77,307, which is higher than the $51,781 average annual salary of a building inspector.

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

Building inspector vs building code administrator overview

	Building Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Yearly salary	$51,781	$77,307
Hourly rate	$24.89	$37.17
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	20,962	55,630
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	6	6

Building inspector vs building code administrator salary

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

	Building Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Average salary	$51,781	$77,307
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $84,000	Between $55,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	Icma-rc	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between building inspector and building code administrator education

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

	Building Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	San Diego State University	San Diego State University

Building inspector vs building code administrator demographics

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

	Building Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 88.9% Female, 11.1%	Male, 53.0% Female, 47.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 3.4% White, 68.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between building inspector and building code administrator duties and responsibilities

Building inspector example responsibilities.

Lead site excavations, form structuring, and supervise concrete pours.
Manage high volume case assignments to a final disposition of abatement, civil summons, criminal arrests or referral.
Work from ladders, hanging scaffolding, boats, and from the bucket of snooper and bucket trucks.
Assist in roofing and carpentry.
Administer FEMA floodplain and mitigation efforts.
Work orders for HVAC and architectural contractors.

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.

Building inspector vs building code administrator skills

Common building inspector skills

Plumbing, 14%
Customer Service, 9%
Building Construction, 9%
Ladders, 8%
Construction Sites, 5%
Code Violations, 5%

Common building code administrator skills

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

Building Inspector vs. similar jobs

Building Inspector related careers

Building Inspector related jobs

What similar roles do

Zippia Careers
Construction and Extraction Industry
Building Inspector
Building Inspector vs Building Code Administrator

Updated January 8, 2025

Browse construction and extraction jobs