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What home inspectors make
Median for the group
$74,690
Bottom tenth
$47,140
Top tenth
$114,200
The national median is $74,690 a year, the bottom tenth earn $47,140 or less and the top tenth $114,200 or more, in the 2025 survey. Read those carefully: the federal wage survey has no separate line for home inspectors, so it counts them inside Construction and Building Inspectors alongside salaried city code officials. Many home inspectors are self-employed and paid per inspection, so a slow housing market shows up in your income within weeks.