Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Tasks Include:
- Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations, or recommendations for action.
- Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies.
- Inspect government property, such as construction sites or public housing, to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +6.8%
National: +4.3%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$71,690.00
State
$75,210.00
Regional
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Description
Career Cluster: | Government & Public Administration |
Investigate or inspect government property to ensure compliance with contract agreements and government regulations.
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Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 39.34%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 24.68%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 16.22%
- Some College Courses = 10.32%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 9.44%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 38.50%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 21.67%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 16.08%
- None = 11.13%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 10.32%
- Over 10 years = 1.38%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.94%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 43.33%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 32.30%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 10.32%
- None = 9%
- Up to and including 1 month = 3.59%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.46%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 44.35%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 21.17%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 13.03%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 11.13%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 10.32%
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Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations, or recommendations for action.
- Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies.
- Inspect government property, such as construction sites or public housing, to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Monitor investigations of suspected offenders to ensure that they are conducted in accordance with constitutional requirements.
- Collect, identify, evaluate, or preserve case evidence.
- Inspect manufactured or processed products to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements.
- Coordinate with or assist law enforcement agencies in matters of mutual concern.
- Testify in court or at administrative proceedings concerning investigation findings.
- Inspect government-owned equipment or materials in the possession of private contractors to ensure compliance with contracts or regulations or to prevent misuse.
- Recommend legal or administrative action to protect government property.
- Submit samples of products to government laboratories for testing, as required.
- Locate and interview plaintiffs, witnesses, or representatives of business or government to gather facts relevant to inspections or alleged violations.
- Investigate alleged license or permit violations.
- Investigate applications for special licenses or permits.
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Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Calculators or accessories (10-key calculators)
- Desktop computers
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
- Personal computers
- Radio frequency scanners (Radio frequency identification RFID scanners)
- Tablet computers
Technologies Include:
- Accounting software
- Deltek Costpoint
- Data base user interface and query software
- BrioQuery
- Database software
- Microsoft Access
- Unique Identification UID system databases
- Document management software
- Records management software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- SAP software
- Inventory management software
- Inventory control system software
- Peninsula Software Quicktrack Pro
- Plant Clearance Automated Reutilization Screening System PCARSS
- Radio frequency identification RFID software
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Shipping software
- Wide Area Workflow WAWF system
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software
- Coeus
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Video conferencing software
- Microsoft NetMeeting
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
85.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
83.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
81.25 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
74.75 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
69.75 | Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
66.50 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
62.50 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
62.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
60.25 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
55.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
52.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
52.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
75.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
75.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
62.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
62.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
59.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
59.50 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
59.50 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
59.50 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
56.25 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
53.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
53.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
50.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
50.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
75.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
75.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
75.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
72.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
72.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
68.75 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
68.75 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
65.50 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
62.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
62.50 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
56.25 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
56.25 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
53.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
53.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
93.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
85.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
83.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
82.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
81.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
81.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
80.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
78.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
78.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
76.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
74.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
72.75 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
72.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
69.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
67.75 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
66.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
66.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
65.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
63.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
62.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
59.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
58.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
57.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
55.50 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
55.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
54.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
53.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
52.00 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
51.50 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
51.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
88.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
87.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
84.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
84.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
83.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
81.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
79.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
76.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
72.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
70.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
69.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
66.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
66.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
60.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
54.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
66.67 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
61.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
50.00 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
96.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
95.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
92.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
91.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
88.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
88.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
87.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
87.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
84.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
82.20 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
80.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
80.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
79.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
79.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
79.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
78.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
77.00 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
73.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
73.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
72.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
66.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
65.40 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
63.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
63.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
62.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
61.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
60.40 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
57.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
54.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
53.80 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
52.20 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
50.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $41,050.00 | $71,690.00 | $97,050.00 |
Virginia | $46,040.00 | $75,210.00 | $100,240.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $58,895.57 | $91,597.20 | $111,829.07 |
Bay Consortium | $52,329.75 | $77,914.84 | $101,157.32 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $45,403.92 | $65,875.46 | $84,467.40 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $42,104.69 | $61,477.84 | $81,020.29 |
Crater Area | $51,580.16 | $77,109.15 | $94,922.95 |
Greater Peninsula | $45,698.66 | $58,878.23 | $79,090.73 |
Hampton Roads | $45,694.58 | $67,978.40 | $87,751.33 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $46,309.55 | $65,102.41 | $83,461.82 |
Northern Virginia | $59,185.21 | $91,118.89 | $110,006.59 |
Piedmont Workforce | $53,950.30 | $84,480.66 | $103,199.07 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $41,581.50 | $60,653.80 | $85,429.12 |
Southwestern Virginia | $42,767.59 | $69,048.22 | $90,508.00 |
West Piedmont | $41,191.92 | $51,668.88 | $71,017.56 |
Western Virginia | $46,982.65 | $62,652.72 | $78,731.74 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 354,000 | 369,100 | +4.3% |
Virginia | 10,563 | 11,286 | +6.8% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 1,352 | 1,473 | +8.9% |
Bay Consortium | 338 | 373 | +10.4% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 1,932 | 2,132 | +10.4% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 157 | 172 | +9.6% |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | 561 | 591 | +5.3% |
Hampton Roads | 1,147 | 1,221 | +6.5% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 140 | 145 | +3.6% |
Northern Virginia | 3,402 | 3,787 | +11.3% |
Piedmont Workforce | 313 | 351 | +12.1% |
Shenandoah Valley | 480 | 521 | +8.5% |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | 417 | 440 | +5.5% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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The related occupations here have similar general capabilities and interests; career explorers may also be interested in the related occupations:- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
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- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Compliance Managers
- Aviation Inspectors
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
- Compliance Officers
- Fire Inspectors and Investigators
- Customs Brokers
- Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation
- Security Management Specialists
- Construction Managers
- Facilities Managers
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
- Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Agricultural Inspectors
- Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
- Civil Engineers
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- Aviation Inspectors
- Compliance Officers
- Coroners
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers
- Financial Examiners
- Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
- Legislators
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Transportation Inspectors
- Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Aviation Ordnance
- Biological Scientists
- Inspection
- Manpower and Personnel
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
- Personnel, General
- Police
- Recruiting and Counseling
- Safety
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Defense Manpower Data Center. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Titles
- Adjustment Examiner
- Admeasurer
- Airport Operations Officer
- Appraiser
- Asset Manager
- Building Inspector
- Compliance Analyst
- Compliance Auditor
- Compliance Coordinator
- Compliance Manager
- Compliance Review Engineer
- Construction Inspector
- Design Project Inspector
- Engineering Technician
- Fire Marshal
- Gauger
- Government Gauger
- Housing Inspector
- Housing Management Representative
- Housing Quality Standard Inspector (HQS Inspector)
- Inspector
- Materials Acceptance Engineer
- Materials Inspector
- Port Patrol Officer
- Public Works Inspector
- Quality Assurance Inspector
- Quality Assurance Representative
- Quality Assurance Specialist
- Quality Control Manager
- Rent and Housing Investigator
- Risk Manager
- Safety Compliance Engineer
- Sanitation Inspector
- Section 8 Inspector
- Site Development Construction Inspector
- Station Examiner
- Surveyor
- Warehouse Examiner
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Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
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