Home Inspector Income

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 2018 show that the mean/average wage of this Inspector group is $59,700 a year. Home Inspector's 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.

The table below shows the mean/average Inspector take-home pay by state for this Inspector category according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2018.

Alabama                                                  $55,230	Louisiana                                                    $57,340	Ohio                                                            $59,220
Alaska                                                          $83,270	Maine                                                               $51,210	Oklahoma                                                     $54,590
Arizona                                                           $56,810	Maryland                                                       $60,600	Oregon                                                          $73,490
Arkansas                                                       $46,240	Massachusetts                                             $68,080	Pennsylvania                                                $57,400
California                                                      $89,680	Michigan                                                       $54,080	Rhode Island                                                 $67,990
Colorado                                                       $66,600	Minnesota                                                     $69,200	South Carolina                                              $47,330
Connecticut                                                   $67,020	Mississippi                                                    $48,480	South Dakota                                                $51,000
Delaware                                                      $64,060	Missouri                                                         $52,390	Tennessee                                                     $55,690
Florida                                                           $58,840	Montana                                                        $49,620	Texas                                                              $59,870
Georgia                                                         $46,960	Nebraska                                                        $53,730	Utah                                                                $57,270
Hawaii                                                          $65, 010	Nevada                                                            $72,130	Vermont                                                        $63,030
Idaho                                                              $58,500	New Hampshire                                            $56,130	Virginia                                                           $60,170
Illinois                                                            $66,080	New Jersey                                                    $64,920	Washington                                                   $76,570
Indiana                                                          $45,030	New Mexico                                                  $55,440	West Virginia                                                $57,670
Iowa                                                             $64,990	New York                                                        $66,160	Wisconsin                                                     $58,600
Kansas                                                            $52,610	North Carolina                                              $55,080	Wyoming                                                        $55,150
Kentucky                                                       $54,090	North Dakota                                                $85,040	--