Code official vs project inspector

The differences between code officials and project 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 code official and a project inspector. Additionally, a project inspector has an average salary of $68,048, which is higher than the $54,026 average annual salary of a code official.

The top three skills for a code official include plumbing, construction projects and code compliance. The most important skills for a project inspector are construction projects, asphalt, and traffic control.

Code official vs project inspector overview

	Code Official	Project Inspector
Yearly salary	$54,026	$68,048
Hourly rate	$25.97	$32.72
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	324	58,403
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	6	6

Code official vs project inspector salary

Code officials and project inspectors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Code Official	Project Inspector
Average salary	$54,026	$68,048
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $83,000	Between $38,000 And $119,000
Highest paying City	-	Olympia, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Colonial Pipeline
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between code official and project inspector education

There are a few differences between a code official and a project inspector in terms of educational background:

	Code Official	Project Inspector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Most common major	Business	Civil Engineering
Most common college	San Diego State University	San Diego State University

Code official vs project inspector demographics

Here are the differences between code officials' and project inspectors' demographics:

	Code Official	Project Inspector
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 73.6% Female, 26.4%	Male, 90.2% Female, 9.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 3.4% White, 68.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 3.4% White, 68.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between code official and project inspector duties and responsibilities

Code official example responsibilities.

Manage high volume case assignments to a final disposition of abatement, civil summons, criminal arrests or referral.
Perform plumbing, electric, building, and HVAC inspections for residential and commercial projects.
Retrieve patients' information from internal system, distribute proper reports to physicians and other materials to corresponding departments.
Conduct investigation inspection on HUD construct manufactured homes.

Project inspector example responsibilities.

Manage third party contractors including safety oversight, environmental design specification compliance, and similar construction specifications and requirements.
Work with OSHA as immediate response of safety issues at nuclear power plants.
Coordinate with designers drawing clarification's and RFI's to ensure contractor work progress.
Verify NCDOT bridge design plans to ensure span lengths, materials, and directions match with WIGINSinformation.
Assist with payroll functions including collecting time sheets, entering time and attendance information into automated database and disbursing paychecks.
Maintain and create engineering blue prints using AutoCAD.

Code official vs project inspector skills

Common code official skills

Plumbing, 18%
Construction Projects, 12%
Code Compliance, 12%
Plan Review, 10%
Fire Protection, 8%
Building Codes, 8%

Common project inspector skills

Construction Projects, 12%
Asphalt, 8%
Traffic Control, 8%
Inspection Reports, 7%
DOT, 7%
Construction Management, 7%