Vocational Programs for Construction and Building Inspectors Career

The role of Construction and Building Inspectors is to inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $72,880 and $35 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Construction and Building Inspectors career. Based on BLS data, a total of 133,640 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2025 average tuition over the programs for preparing Construction and Building Inspectors is $26,450. The average length of the programs is 1,170 hours and the average completion time is 9.00 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Construction and Building Inspectors Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Construction and Building Inspectors. Total 48 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Construction and Building Inspectors
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	48	$26,450	$4,600	1,170 Hours	9.00 Months

Related Occupations to Construction and Building Inspectors Career

The following 30 occupations are related to Construction and Building Inspectors.

Related Occupations toConstruction and Building Inspectors
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Facilities Managers	131K	$111,110	$53
Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Construction Managers	329K	$116,960	$56
Natural Sciences Managers	96,520	$169,120	$81
Managers, All Other	590K	$146,320	$70
Compliance Officers	384K	$80,190	$39
Cost Estimators	221K	$79,520	$38
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,103K	$89,130	$43
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	111K	$100,400	$48
Civil Engineers	328K	$101,160	$49
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	22,510	$108,740	$52
Industrial Engineers	333K	$103,150	$50
Engineers, All Other	151K	$118,350	$57
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	63,560	$63,770	$31
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	13,780	$58,780	$28
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	73,020	$66,640	$32
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	38,930	$67,990	$33
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	80,730	$86,710	$42
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	122K	$85,570	$41
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	14,200	$82,510	$40
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	312K	$113,520	$55
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	777K	$81,340	$39
Electricians	713K	$67,810	$33
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	436K	$67,840	$33
Solar Photovoltaic Installers	24,510	$53,140	$26
Construction and Building Inspectors	134K	$72,880	$35
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,503K	$49,650	$24
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	585K	$49,260	$24
Transportation Inspectors	27,670	$83,920	$40

Schools offering vocational programs for Construction and Building Inspectors

The following 43 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Construction and Building Inspectors. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.