Construction & Extraction

Building Inspectors

SOC 47-4011

Inspect buildings under construction to ensure code compliance.

Median pay

$75k

$59k to $95k typical range

Outlook

Declining

15k openings / yr

Education

High school plus cert

AI exposure

47%

modeled estimate · 40th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

49/100

Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Writing
Mathematics

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.