Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in the US
A inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earns a national median of $48,570 a year (mean $53,450) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #582 of 825.
How much does a inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earn in the US?
A inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in the United States earns a median of $48,570 a year (mean $53,450), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 5% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 597,370 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-9061), ranked #582 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$48,570
per year
Mean
$53,450
per year
Employment
597,370
US workers
National rank
#582
of 825 by median
What a inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers (SOC 51-9061) earns a median annual wage of $48,570 and a mean (average) of $53,450. The median is the midpoint — half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earn more and half earn less — and is 5% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers is $48,570, and the mean (average) is $53,450. The median is the midpoint — half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earn more and half earn less.
- How does inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers pay compare to the US average?
- At $48,570, a inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earns 5% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 597,370 inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers employed nationally (SOC 51-9061), across all industries.
- Where does this inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-9061. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-9061 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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