How Much Money Do Home Inspectors Make?
The U.S. Government Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov) includes Home Inspectors in the category Building/Construction Inspectors. Their latest statistics from May 2020 show that the mean/average wage earnings of this Inspector group is $62,860 a year. Scroll to the table below to see what the mean/average is in your state.
Home Inspector's money income could be higher because there are quite a few home inspectors who purposefully only want to work part-time and there are others who are just building up their businesses to full-time. Actual earnings from home inspections could also be higher because some of the income from inspections can typically be considered profit to the LLC or S Corporation and pass-through to the owner (you) without having to be treated as salary or wages. Building inspectors, on the other hand, are typically full-time employees of a municipality, have to work a set schedule, and do not receive any pass-through income from an LLC or S Corporation.
Home Inspector's money income could be higher because there are quite a few home inspectors who purposefully only want to work part-time and there are others who are just building up their businesses to full-time. Actual earnings from home inspections could also be higher because some of the income from inspections can typically be considered profit to the LLC or S Corporation and pass-through to the owner (you) without having to be treated as salary or wages. Building inspectors, on the other hand, are typically full-time employees of a municipality, have to work a set schedule, and do not receive any pass-through income from an LLC or S Corporation.
Most home inspectors charge in the range of $250 to $500 an inspection, and most inspectors can complete at least 2 inspections a day. If an inspector does this for 50 weeks a year, there is a potential to make $125,000 to $250,000 a year.
The table below shows the mean/average Inspector pay by state for this Inspector category according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2023.
Alabama $60,910 |
Louisiana $69,070 |
Ohio $70,520 |
Alaska $88,720 |
Maine $66,330 |
Oklahoma $59,370 |
Arizona $70,270 |
Maryland $71,070 |
Oregon $84,580 |
Arkansas $60,940 |
Massachusetts $84,030 |
Pennsylvania $62,150 |
California $96,460 |
Michigan $68,010 |
Rhode Island $68,480 |
Colorado $72,300 |
Minnesota $80,940 |
South Carolina $59,700 |
Connecticut $90,880 |
Mississippi $59,550 |
South Dakota $60,420 |
Delaware $69,360 |
Missouri $61,660 |
Tennessee $56,650 |
Florida $66,130 |
Montana $61,710 |
Texas $66,610 |
Georgia $65,970 |
Nebraska $65,780 |
Utah $66,540 |
Hawaii $75,610 |
Nevada $81,530 |
Vermont $67,080 |
Idaho $66,580 |
New Hampshire $66,910 |
Virginia $69,770 |
Illinois $74570 |
New Jersey $81,600 |
Washington $85,040 |
Indiana $61,590 |
New Mexico $63,300 |
West Virginia $63,060 |
Iowa $71050 |
New York $83,450 |
Wisconsin $66,480 |
Kansas $65,000 |
North Carolina $63,680 |
Wyoming $62,7000 |
Kentucky $58570 |
North Dakota $70,6000 |
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