What does a QEI-Certified Inspector earn?

Federal figures put this role between $47,140 and $114,200 a year, with a national median of $74,690. The federal occupation for this role is Construction and Building Inspectors (SOC 47-4011), May 2025.

What credentials should a QEI-Certified Inspector have?

The credentials that command a premium in this seat are QEI Certification. Requirements vary by state and by what the job actually involves, so treat these as what moves an offer rather than a legal minimum.

ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE - ROLE PROFILE

QEI-Certified Inspector

Federal figures put this role between $47,140 and $114,200 a year, with a national median of $74,690.

What this role pays.

We have not closed enough elevator maintenance searches to publish a band of our own for this seat, so the figures above are the federal 10th to 90th percentile spread rather than a My Trade Talent band. They are national and not adjusted for experience or region.

The federal occupation for this role is Construction and Building Inspectors (SOC 47-4011), May 2025. Nationally it reports a median of $74,690 , with the middle of the market between $47,140 and $114,200.

Where it pays most.

Construction and Building Inspectors across the metros we cover, May 2025. BLS publishes a median for 112 of them and withholds the rest, where the local sample was too small to be reliable.

Highest-paying metros - Construction and Building Inspectors
Metro	Median	Employed there
San Jose	$129,750	860
San Francisco	$125,130	2,380
Sacramento	$103,980	1,060
Seattle	$102,830	1,640
santa rosa ca	$102,060	140
Stockton	$101,340	130
Los Angeles	$100,280	3,870
Hartford	$99,620	750
Greenville	$45,700	600
McAllen	$48,080	190
El Paso	$49,030	310

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. The last three rows are the lowest-paying metros in the same set. Headcount is metro-wide across every industry, not this trade alone.

Credentials that move an offer.

QEI Certification

Licensing is a state question, not a national one. The Elevator Maintenance hiring page carries the state-by-state position, and every market page names the authority for that state.

What the search actually takes.

We have closed 0 elevator maintenance searches in 2026 year to date, which is below the 8 we require before publishing a median. We would rather print the count than a number the sample cannot carry. The Hiring Index shows what we do and do not have.

Keep reading.

2026 Elevator Maintenance Salary Guide - the full benchmark by role.
Elevator Maintenance recruiting - how we run this trade.
Salary calculator - the band by experience and region.
Elevator Maintenance hiring in Houston - one market in detail.
Hiring Index - how long our searches actually take.

Other Elevator Maintenance roles we recruit

All 56 roles we recruit - every trade, every seat.

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