How much can I expect to earn as a Certified Green Home Inspector?
Becoming a Certified Green Home Inspector can serve as a platform for a wide variety of income-earning opportunitiesfrom part-time assignments that supplement your main income stream to an eventual full-time profession. As Green / Eco Consulting are relatively new professions, there is little concrete data that documents earning patterns from these pursuits over time. However, field surveys suggest that Green / Eco Consultants can make anywhere from around $75 to $250 per Green Home Inspection or Green Workplace Inspection, or from a few to several hundred dollars per day depending upon the number of clients and jobs that they have. General introductory consulting session charges are between $40-$75 per hour. These numbers can increase substantially for Certified Green Home Inspector who train and hire employees, and who build a multi-employee green inspection firm. That said, earning capacity and actual earnings will be based on a number of individual- and situation-specific factors,