# Home inspection certification: Home Inspector Licensing

> The Home Inspector Licensing carries 7 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 30 to 720 USD, read 18 October 2026.

Defectbird · https://defectbird.com/datasets/home-inspector-licensing/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Range of the published figures:** 30 to 720 USD (range 30 to 720 USD; 7 sources with a figure; 4 of 22 sources read publish one).

4 of the 22 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 18 October 2026.

## By state and fee

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| state TX | 12 month | 12 to 12 month | 1 |
| state TX | 3 year | 3 to 3 year | 1 |
| state WA | 30 day | 30 to 30 day | 1 |
| state WA | 4 year | 4 to 4 year | 1 |
| state IL | 12 hour | 12 to 12 hour | 1 |
| state IL | 45 day | 45 to 45 day | 1 |
| fee examination | 250 USD | 200 to 300 USD | 2 |
| fee licence | 485 USD | 250 to 720 USD | 2 |
| fee application | 30 USD | 30 to 30 USD | 1 |
| fee renewal | 150 USD | 150 to 150 USD | 1 |
| fee reactivation | 50 USD | 50 to 50 USD | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors) | 720 USD | licence | 2026-10-17 |
| [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors) | 300 USD | examination | 2026-10-17 |
| [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf) | 250 USD | licence | 2026-10-18 |
| [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf) | 200 USD | examination | 2026-10-18 |
| [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf) | 150 USD | renewal | 2026-10-18 |
| [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf) | 50 USD | reactivation | 2026-10-18 |
| [IDFPR - 2026 continuing education fact sheet for home inspector renewal](https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/dre/2026cefactsheet-homeinspector.pdf) | 45 day | IL | 2026-10-17 |
| [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors) | 30 day | WA | 2026-10-17 |
| [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf) | 30 USD | application | 2026-10-18 |
| [TREC - become a professional real estate inspector (Texas requirements)](https://www.trec.texas.gov/become-professional-real-estate-inspector-requirements-03012021) | 12 month | TX | 2026-10-17 |
| [IDFPR - 2026 continuing education fact sheet for home inspector renewal](https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/dre/2026cefactsheet-homeinspector.pdf) | 12 hour | IL | 2026-10-17 |
| [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors) | 4 year | WA | 2026-10-17 |
| [TREC - become a professional real estate inspector (Texas requirements)](https://www.trec.texas.gov/become-professional-real-estate-inspector-requirements-03012021) | 3 year | TX | 2026-10-17 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (13)

- [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors), read 2026-10-17: "A check or money order for the $720 licensing fee (payable to the Department of Licensing)."
- [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors), read 2026-10-17: "You will pay the $300 exam fee when you schedule your exam."
- [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf), read 2026-10-18: "(6) License fee - $250.00"
- [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf), read 2026-10-18: "(5) Examination fee - $200.00"
- [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf), read 2026-10-18: "(7) License renewal - $150.00"
- [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf), read 2026-10-18: "(8) License reactivation - $50.00"
- [IDFPR - 2026 continuing education fact sheet for home inspector renewal](https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/dre/2026cefactsheet-homeinspector.pdf), read 2026-10-17: "Certification of Compliance with listed on the CE Lookup within 45 days of"
- [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors), read 2026-10-17: "You must wait 30 days before you can attempt to retake the exam"
- [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf), read 2026-10-18: "(3) Application for license - $30.00 (4) Licensure for reciprocity - $50.00"
- [TREC - become a professional real estate inspector (Texas requirements)](https://www.trec.texas.gov/become-professional-real-estate-inspector-requirements-03012021), read 2026-10-17: "Have at least 12 months of active experience as a licensed real estate inspector during the 24-month period preceding the application date."
- [IDFPR - 2026 continuing education fact sheet for home inspector renewal](https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/dre/2026cefactsheet-homeinspector.pdf), read 2026-10-17: "license. • 12 hours of CE is required, of which 8"
- [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors), read 2026-10-17: "Those who have been licensed as a home inspector in good standing for at least 2 of the last 4 years."
- [TREC - become a professional real estate inspector (Texas requirements)](https://www.trec.texas.gov/become-professional-real-estate-inspector-requirements-03012021), read 2026-10-17: "Have 3 years of experience as an active practicing licensed or registered architect, professional engineer, or engineer-in-training."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [RCW 18.280 - Washington home inspectors statute](https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.280&full=true), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [North Carolina OSFM - Home Inspector Licensure Board](https://www.ncosfm.gov/licensing-cert/home-inspector-licensure-board-hilb), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Virginia DPOR - home inspector licensure notice](https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/ALHI/HI_Licensure), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Massachusetts - home inspectors licensing](https://www.mass.gov/home-inspectors-licensing), read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IDFPR - Illinois home inspection licensing](https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/homeinspect.html), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Oklahoma CIB - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/cib/your-industry/home-inspectors.html), read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [New York Department of State - become a home inspector](https://dos.ny.gov/become-home-inspector), read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Arizona Board of Technical Registration - home inspector applicants](https://btr.az.gov/applicants/home-inspector-applicants), read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [National Home Inspector Examination - state regulations index](https://nationalhomeinspectorexam.org/regulations/washington/), read 2026-10-17: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Florida Administrative Code chapter 61-30 - home inspectors](https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ChapterHome.asp?Chapter=61-30), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ATI Home Inspector Training - toolkits and packages](https://www.atihomeinspectortraining.com/Products/Toolkits), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [PHII - Florida state licensing course](https://www.homeinspectioninstitute.com/state-licensing.php?statecode=FL), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Tennessee home inspector licensing - rules and laws](https://www.tn.gov/commerce/regboards/homeinsp/rules-and-laws.html), read 2026-09-19: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ASHI - home inspection requirements by state (Texas page)](https://www.homeinspector.org/state-regulations/home-inspection-requirements-for-texas/), read 2026-10-10: every candidate on the page was refused
- [National Home Inspector Examination - regulations index](https://nationalhomeinspectorexam.org/regulations/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Wagner Meters - home inspection tools list](https://www.wagnermeters.com/moisture-meters/wood-info/top-home-inspection-tools/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ATI Academy - professional home inspector tools](https://www.aaahi.org/BecomeHomeInspector/Tools), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Tool Experts - basic home inspection tool kit](https://www.toolexperts.com/en/home-inspection-tool-kit-basic.html), read 2026-10-03: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 22 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 18 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 7 figures, never sentences; 34 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per state per requirement: licence required yes/no, pre-licensing classroom hours, field or supervised-inspection hours, the exam accepted (NHIE, a state paper, or both), the application and licence fees, the insurance and bond floors, the renewal period and its CE hours - read from that state’s own board - and then the comparisons no board publishes: the total hours and total dollars to licence in each state, which states accept the NHIE, which require a bond, and the CE burden per year. The training-cost column joins the state hour requirement to what the approved providers charge for it.

## Sources

- [TREC - become a professional real estate inspector (Texas requirements)](https://www.trec.texas.gov/become-professional-real-estate-inspector-requirements-03012021) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Washington DOL - get your home inspector licence](https://dol.wa.gov/professional-licenses/home-inspectors/get-your-license-home-inspectors) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [RCW 18.280 - Washington home inspectors statute](https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.280&full=true) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [North Carolina OSFM - Home Inspector Licensure Board](https://www.ncosfm.gov/licensing-cert/home-inspector-licensure-board-hilb) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Virginia DPOR - home inspector licensure notice](https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/ALHI/HI_Licensure) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Massachusetts - home inspectors licensing](https://www.mass.gov/home-inspectors-licensing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IDFPR - Illinois home inspection licensing](https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/homeinspect.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Oklahoma CIB - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/cib/your-industry/home-inspectors.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [New York Department of State - become a home inspector](https://dos.ny.gov/become-home-inspector) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Florida DBPR - home inspectors FAQs](https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/home-inspectors/faqs/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors - how to get licensed](https://lsbhi.state.la.us/get-licensed/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Arizona Board of Technical Registration - home inspector applicants](https://btr.az.gov/applicants/home-inspector-applicants) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [North Carolina General Statutes ch.143 art.9F - Home Inspector Licensure Act](https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_143/Article_9F.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [National Home Inspector Examination - state regulations index](https://nationalhomeinspectorexam.org/regulations/washington/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IDFPR - 2026 continuing education fact sheet for home inspector renewal](https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/dre/2026cefactsheet-homeinspector.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Oklahoma Administrative Code title 158 ch.70 - home inspectors](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/cib/documents/your-industry/home-inspector/title_158_chapter_70.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Florida Administrative Code chapter 61-30 - home inspectors](https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ChapterHome.asp?Chapter=61-30) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [InterNACHI school catalog](https://www.nachi.org/catalog.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ATI Home Inspector Training - toolkits and packages](https://www.atihomeinspectortraining.com/Products/Toolkits) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [PHII - Florida state licensing course](https://www.homeinspectioninstitute.com/state-licensing.php?statecode=FL) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Tennessee home inspector licensing - rules and laws](https://www.tn.gov/commerce/regboards/homeinsp/rules-and-laws.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ASHI - home inspection requirements by state (Texas page)](https://www.homeinspector.org/state-regulations/home-inspection-requirements-for-texas/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [National Home Inspector Examination - regulations index](https://nationalhomeinspectorexam.org/regulations/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Wagner Meters - home inspection tools list](https://www.wagnermeters.com/moisture-meters/wood-info/top-home-inspection-tools/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ATI Academy - professional home inspector tools](https://www.aaahi.org/BecomeHomeInspector/Tools) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Tool Experts - basic home inspection tool kit](https://www.toolexperts.com/en/home-inspection-tool-kit-basic.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Home Inspector Licensing carries 7 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 30 to 720 USD, read 18 October 2026.
- 4 of the 22 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, state TX: median 12 month across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, state TX: median 3 year across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, state WA: median 30 day across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, state WA: median 4 year across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, state IL: median 12 hour across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, state IL: median 45 day across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, fee examination: median 250 USD across 2 sources, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, fee licence: median 485 USD across 2 sources, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, fee application: median 30 USD across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, fee renewal: median 150 USD across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.
- Home Inspector Licensing, fee reactivation: median 50 USD across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.

Cite as: "Defectbird Home Inspector Licensing", updated 2026-10-19, https://defectbird.com/datasets/home-inspector-licensing/.

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