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Building Inspectors

SOC 47-4011

Inspect buildings under construction to ensure code compliance.

The job

Median pay

$75k

$59k to $95k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Stable

0.0% projected

Openings a year

15k

BLS projection

Typical education

High school plus cert

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

18/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

47th pct

More exposed than 47% of occupations · modeled estimate · 40th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

53/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Writing
Mathematics

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Texas	18,230	1.3	1.4×	$65k
Florida	13,860	1.4	1.5×	$68k
California	13,420	0.7	0.8×	$101k
New York	11,160	1.2	1.2×	$79k
Virginia	6,550	1.6	1.7×	$76k
North Carolina	6,490	1.3	1.4×	$66k
New Jersey	5,950	1.4	1.5×	$82k
Pennsylvania	5,320	0.9	0.9×	$66k
Georgia	4,510	0.9	1.0×	$66k
Massachusetts	4,290	1.2	1.3×	$83k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Colorado	3,700	1.3	1.4×	$80k
Ohio	3,490	0.6	0.7×	$74k
Arizona	3,330	1.0	1.1×	$73k
Michigan	3,090	0.7	0.7×	$71k
Washington	3,090	0.9	0.9×	$96k
Maryland	2,780	1.0	1.1×	$77k
Illinois	2,560	0.4	0.4×	$78k
South Carolina	2,500	1.1	1.1×	$59k
Tennessee	2,500	0.8	0.8×	$60k
Indiana	2,110	0.7	0.7×	$63k
Oklahoma	2,090	1.2	1.3×	$59k
Nevada	1,780	1.1	1.2×	$75k
Oregon	1,780	0.9	1.0×	$85k
Missouri	1,640	0.6	0.6×	$63k
Louisiana	1,440	0.7	0.8×	$68k
Connecticut	1,430	0.8	0.9×	$99k
Alabama	1,420	0.7	0.7×	$61k
Minnesota	1,390	0.5	0.5×	$89k
Kentucky	1,380	0.7	0.7×	$60k
Wisconsin	1,270	0.4	0.5×	$76k
Utah	1,240	0.7	0.8×	$74k
Iowa	1,140	0.7	0.8×	$72k
Idaho	1,000	1.2	1.2×	$64k
Kansas	840	0.6	0.6×	$63k
Arkansas	800	0.6	0.7×	$53k
Mississippi	800	0.7	0.7×	$50k
New Mexico	800	0.9	1.0×	$65k
Hawaii	710	1.1	1.2×	$79k
Maine	710	1.1	1.2×	$75k
Delaware	570	1.2	1.3×	$73k
Nebraska	570	0.6	0.6×	$65k
West Virginia	540	0.8	0.8×	$64k
New Hampshire	420	0.6	0.7×	$66k
Washington DC	370	0.5	0.6×	$86k
Wyoming	370	1.3	1.4×	$62k
Montana	290	0.6	0.6×	$76k
Alaska	270	0.8	0.9×	$102k
Rhode Island	270	0.5	0.6×	$77k
South Dakota	200	0.4	0.5×	$65k
North Dakota	180	0.4	0.4×	$79k
Vermont	120	0.4	0.4×	$67k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ10,340 jobs · $91k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,450 jobs · $69k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX4,980 jobs · $67k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,380 jobs · $77k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,060 jobs · $80k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,870 jobs · $100k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3,020 jobs · $72k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,950 jobs · $85k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.