Engine inspector vs building code administrator

The differences between engine 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 engine inspector and a building code administrator. Additionally, a building code administrator has an average salary of $77,307, which is higher than the $49,917 average annual salary of an engine inspector.

The top three skills for an engine inspector include asphalt, construction projects and safety regulations. The most important skills for a building code administrator are windows server, maven, and java.

Engine inspector vs building code administrator overview

	Engine Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Yearly salary	$49,917	$77,307
Hourly rate	$24.00	$37.17
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	18,417	55,630
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	6	6

Engine inspector vs building code administrator salary

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

	Engine Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Average salary	$49,917	$77,307
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $78,000	Between $55,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	PBF Energy	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between engine inspector and building code administrator education

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

	Engine Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Civil Engineering	Business
Most common college	Georgia Institute of Technology	San Diego State University

Engine inspector vs building code administrator demographics

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

	Engine Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 89.9% Female, 10.1%	Male, 53.0% Female, 47.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.2% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 3.4% White, 68.9% 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 engine inspector and building code administrator duties and responsibilities

Engine inspector example responsibilities.

Manage and inspect fiber optic cable placement, fiber drop installations and associate construction activities for an assign OSP project.
Inspect all framing electrical and plumbing as well as all HVAC installations.
Conduct construction GPS to record quantities and to assure project quality assurance.
Insure all thrust block placement meet job specifications and PennDot road standards.
Create and maintain procedures relate to ISO, customer, and company requirements.
Ensure adherence to contract plans, special provisions, Caltrans standards and specs.

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.

Engine inspector vs building code administrator skills

Common engine inspector skills

Asphalt, 12%
Construction Projects, 8%
Safety Regulations, 8%
Civil Engineering, 7%
Cost Estimates, 6%
Construction Sites, 5%

Common building code administrator skills

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

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