Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 181 people
How much does a building inspector make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$70,359typical pay for a building inspector in 2025
$55,016 – $83,628what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 4.4% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where building inspectors work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Salt Lake City20 people$77,647
- Saratoga Springs11 people$48,228
- Lehi City8 people$64,937
- Summit County8 people$73,458
- Washington City6 people$66,357
- American Fork City6 people$47,072
- Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District5 people$84,528
- Wasatch County5 people$107,727
- Salem City5 people$77,105
- West Jordan City4 people$71,943
- Eagle Mountain City4 people$61,871
- Cedar City4 people$50,872
- St. George City4 people$69,779
- Heber City4 people$79,069
- Ogden City4 people$73,810
- Tooele County3 people$68,393
- Millcreek City3 people$100,474
- Tooele City3 people$76,630
- Grantsville City3 people$79,536
- Spanish Fork City3 people$78,835
- Cache County3 people$68,149
- Uintah County3 people$26,398
- Syracuse City3 people$73,509
- Grand County3 people$61,428
- Layton City3 people$61,568
- Mapleton City2 people$90,909
- Box Elder County2 people$80,937
- Herriman City2 people$79,792
- Santaquin City2 people$80,711
- Hyde Park City2 people$69,607
- Draper City2 people$76,948
- Kaysville City2 people$80,578
- Taylorsville City2 people$58,036
- Farmington City2 people$49,238
- Blanding City2 people$6,016
- Park City2 people$67,299
- Morgan County1 person$62,780
- Plain City1 person$68,020
- Moab City1 person$73,217
- Vineyard City1 person$67,390
- Santa Clara City1 person$82,814
- Dutch John Town1 person$4,906
- Highland City1 person$65,217
- Garfield County1 person$85,654
- South Salt Lake City1 person$91,994
- South Jordan City1 person$108,113
- Lindon City1 person$70,359
- Roosevelt City1 person$87,847
- Ivins City1 person$61,695
- Kane County1 person$74,040
- San Juan County1 person$56,615
- Beaver County1 person$71,736
- Clearfield City1 person$21,003
- Orem City1 person$64,136
- Nibley City1 person$71,208
- Hurricane City1 person$68,518
- Millard County1 person$57,446
- Francis City1 person$322,752
- West Valley City1 person$87,251
- Carbon County1 person$76,399
- Elwood Town1 person$16,173
- Sandy City1 person$76,188
- Clinton City1 person$29,595
- North Ogden City1 person$59,325
- Vernal City1 person$56,604
- Glendale Town1 person$1,882
- Bountiful City1 person$87,905
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Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Building Inspector I32 people$60,293
- Building Inspector41 people$67,788
- Building Inspector II44 people$70,373
- Building Inspector III48 people$84,693
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Building Inspector (this page)$70,359 (everyone)
- Chief Building Inspector$72,207 (everyone)
- Senior Building Inspector$81,321 (everyone)
Highest-paid building inspectors, 2025
- 1Greg WhiteBuilding Inspector · Francis City$322,752
- 2Robert N BennettBuilding Inspector IV · Wasatch County$143,232
- 3Bryce CookBuilding Inspector IV · Wasatch County$123,732
- 4Jordan O. MossBuilding Inspector III · Heber City$113,204
- 5Richard R. HansenBuilding Inspector · Mapleton City$109,763
Common questions
How much does a building inspector make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical building inspector was paid $70,359 in 2025; most earned between $55,016 and $83,628. This counts all 181 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.1% of all pay for building inspectors in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Building Inspector, at any level (for example "Building Inspector I"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this