Elevator inspector vs building code administrator

The differences between elevator 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 an elevator inspector and a building code administrator. Additionally, a building code administrator has an average salary of $77,307, which is higher than the $47,568 average annual salary of an elevator inspector.

The top three skills for an elevator inspector include traction, american society and code violations. The most important skills for a building code administrator are windows server, maven, and java.

Elevator inspector vs building code administrator overview

	Elevator Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Yearly salary	$47,568	$77,307
Hourly rate	$22.87	$37.17
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	17,105	55,630
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	6	6

Elevator inspector vs building code administrator salary

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

	Elevator Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Average salary	$47,568	$77,307
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $76,000	Between $55,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between elevator inspector and building code administrator education

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

	Elevator Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	San Diego State University	San Diego State University

Elevator inspector vs building code administrator demographics

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

	Elevator Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 93.7% Female, 6.3%	Male, 53.0% Female, 47.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.1% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 3.4% White, 69.0% 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 elevator inspector and building code administrator duties and responsibilities

Elevator inspector example responsibilities.

Manage and inspect fiber optic cable placement, fiber drop installations and associate construction activities for an assign OSP project.
Conduct dimensional and visual inspections procedures on CMM machines to ensure geometrical characteristics of the product are in specification.
Perform radon testing in conjunction with residential home inspections.

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.

Elevator inspector vs building code administrator skills

Common elevator inspector skills

Traction, 49%
American Society, 26%
Code Violations, 21%
Electrical Code, 4%

Common building code administrator skills

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

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