Lumber inspector vs senior inspector

The differences between lumber inspectors and senior inspectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a senior inspector has an average salary of $53,511, which is higher than the $43,538 average annual salary of a lumber inspector.

The top three skills for a lumber inspector include equipment maintenance, shop safety and hardwood. The most important skills for a senior inspector are asphalt, traffic control, and construction inspection.

Lumber inspector vs senior inspector overview

	Lumber Inspector	Senior Inspector
Yearly salary	$43,538	$53,511
Hourly rate	$20.93	$25.73
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	16,889	16,842
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Lumber inspector vs senior inspector salary

Lumber inspectors and senior inspectors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Lumber Inspector	Senior Inspector
Average salary	$43,538	$53,511
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $67,000	Between $35,000 And $80,000
Highest paying City	-	Newington, CT
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	PBF Energy
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between lumber inspector and senior inspector education

There are a few differences between a lumber inspector and a senior inspector in terms of educational background:

	Lumber Inspector	Senior Inspector
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Property Management	Civil Engineering
Most common college	-	-

Lumber inspector vs senior inspector demographics

Here are the differences between lumber inspectors' and senior inspectors' demographics:

	Lumber Inspector	Senior Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 96.6% Female, 3.4%	Male, 88.6% Female, 11.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.8% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 6.6% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 19.9% Asian, 8.8% White, 54.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between lumber inspector and senior inspector duties and responsibilities

Lumber inspector example responsibilities.

Operate and maintain planers, saws, and kiln dryers.
Contract with local hardwood lumber production facilities to grade and upgrade rough green lumber to be sell.
Supervise 5 people (green chain) / inspecting & grading multiple hardwood species, segregation by dimension/species, up to 40Kbf/day
Conduct dimensional and visual inspections procedures on CMM machines to ensure geometrical characteristics of the product are in specification.
Inspect, monitor and GPS recording of all water installations to ensure compliance with requirements and specifications.

Senior inspector example responsibilities.

Manage contractors and consultants performing compliance relate work including MTR and document control.
Conduct QA tests on questionable motherboards/CPU's and accomplish environmental tests on new PC models.
Coordinate joint surveys with SATORP inspectors and manage clearance of all issue active LBE and NCR.
Maintain active certifications in SMAW, GTAW, FCAW, and GMAW welding processes.
Work with ASME, API, AWS, ANSI, ASTM and NACE codes and specifications.
Experience mostly in GTAW and GMAW welding procedures.

Lumber inspector vs senior inspector skills

Common lumber inspector skills

Equipment Maintenance, 32%
Shop Safety, 27%
Hardwood, 21%
Quality Standards, 10%
Band Saws, 6%
Customer Specifications, 5%

Common senior inspector skills

Asphalt, 10%
Traffic Control, 8%
Construction Inspection, 6%
NDT, 6%
Inspection Reports, 5%
PT, 4%