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Construction and Building Inspectors

SOC 47-4011 · 2024-2034

Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$104,034per year
Projected openings
14,650
Projected change
+2.1%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Reading Comprehension
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Speaking
  4. Active Listening
  5. Judgment and Decision Making
  6. Complex Problem Solving

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$138,958850
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$132,9571,110
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$123,8191,710
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$116,352320
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$113,81070
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$112,276240
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$108,1791,510
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$105,3891,170
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$105,0762,590
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$104,99860
Napa MSA (Napa County)$102,95060
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$102,12690
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$101,8891,420
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$97,628190
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$91,812180
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$89,1351,490
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$85,996100
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$85,32640
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$84,544390
Chico MSA (Butte County)$81,69370
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$81,45660
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$80,87980
Merced MSA (Merced County)$80,75640
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$80,756170
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$79,202320
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$79,17180
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$77,132110
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$76,752270
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$75,18740

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Compliance Officers$98,60743,870+7%
Transportation Inspectors$84,8172,030+5%
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$85,8276,450+4.1%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$100,32668,670+8%
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$58,612151,500+7.3%
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$74,80348,620+8.6%

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