Project inspector vs building code administrator

The differences between project 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 a project inspector and a building code administrator. Additionally, a building code administrator has an average salary of $77,307, which is higher than the $68,048 average annual salary of a project inspector.

The top three skills for a project inspector include construction projects, asphalt and traffic control. The most important skills for a building code administrator are windows server, maven, and java.

Project inspector vs building code administrator overview

	Project Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Yearly salary	$68,048	$77,307
Hourly rate	$32.72	$37.17
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	58,403	55,630
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	6	6

Project inspector vs building code administrator salary

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

	Project Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Average salary	$68,048	$77,307
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $119,000	Between $55,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	Olympia, WA	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	Colonial Pipeline	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between project inspector and building code administrator education

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

	Project Inspector	Building Code Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Civil Engineering	Business
Most common college	San Diego State University	San Diego State University

Project inspector vs building code administrator demographics

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

	Project Inspector	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, 8.0% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% 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 project inspector and building code administrator duties and responsibilities

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.

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.

Project inspector vs building code administrator skills

Common project inspector skills

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

Common building code administrator skills

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

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