Building official vs building code administrator

The differences between building officials 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 official and a building code administrator. Additionally, a building code administrator has an average salary of $77,307, which is higher than the $46,398 average annual salary of a building official.

The top three skills for a building official include community development, code compliance and plumbing. The most important skills for a building code administrator are windows server, maven, and java.

Building official vs building code administrator overview

	Building Official	Building Code Administrator
Yearly salary	$46,398	$77,307
Hourly rate	$22.31	$37.17
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	4,912	55,630
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	6	6

Building official vs building code administrator salary

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

	Building Official	Building Code Administrator
Average salary	$46,398	$77,307
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $89,000	Between $55,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	Riverside, CA	-
Highest paying state	New Jersey	-
Best paying company	University of California	-
Best paying industry	Government	-

Differences between building official and building code administrator education

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

	Building Official	Building Code Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	San Diego State University	San Diego State University

Building official vs building code administrator demographics

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

	Building Official	Building Code Administrator
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 90.2% Female, 9.8%	Male, 53.0% Female, 47.0%
Race ratio	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%	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 official and building code administrator duties and responsibilities

Building official example responsibilities.

Lead site excavations, form structuring, and supervise concrete pours.
Modernize department by directing adoption and implementation of current editions of building, electric, fire, plumbing and mechanical codes.
Participate in networking and collaboration with other regional CBA providers.
Conduct investigation inspection on HUD construct manufactured homes.

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 official vs building code administrator skills

Common building official skills

Community Development, 18%
Code Compliance, 16%
Plumbing, 16%
Public Works, 6%
Code Enforcement, 6%
State Building, 5%

Common building code administrator skills

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

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