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title: "Home inspector salary | InspectDay"
description: "Median pay and the pay range for construction and building inspectors, the occupation that includes home inspectors, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics."
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# Home inspector salary

BLS's figures for construction and building inspectors, the occupation that includes home inspectors, put the median at $74,690 a year in May 2025.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for 47-4011 Construction and Building Inspectors, checked on October 9, 2026

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<dt>Typical pay</dt>
<dd>$74,690 a year, the median in May 2025.</dd>

<dt>Lowest 10 percent</dt>
<dd>Under $47,140 a year.</dd>

<dt>Highest 10 percent</dt>
<dd>Over $114,200 a year.</dd>

<dt>Job outlook</dt>
<dd>Little or no change from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,800 openings a year.</dd></dl>

The figures are for construction and building inspectors as a whole.

- [For new inspectors](/for-new-inspectors/)

## Sources

- [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Construction and Building Inspectors: Occupational Outlook Handbook”](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/construction-and-building-inspectors.htm)
- [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Occupational Employment and Wages Summary - 2025 A01 Results”](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm)

## Find your state's license rules.

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