Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Inspectors and Testers make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Inspectors and Testers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $23550 to $29390 per year or $11 to $14 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of an Inspector, Tester, Sorter, Sampler and Weigher will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of an Inspector, Tester, Sorter, Sampler and Weigher to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Inspectors and Testers make with other careers, they have a salary rank of C.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$31	$65510
Senior (Top 25%)	$25	$50980
Middle (Mid 50%)	$18	$38250
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$14	$29390
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$11	$23550

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
AK	$ 34	$ 71,510
DC	$ 29	$ 60,460
WA	$ 29	$ 59,310
NM	$ 26	$ 54,690
ND	$ 25	$ 52,620
WY	$ 25	$ 51,380
CT	$ 25	$ 51,260
LA	$ 24	$ 50,670
MD	$ 23	$ 48,650
MT	$ 23	$ 48,630

Another simple way to increase your salary as an Inspector, Tester, Sorter, Sampler and Weigher is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like AK doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at AK might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Inspectors and Testers are in the states of AK, DC, WA, NM and ND.

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http://www.bls.gov/OOH/production/quality-control-inspectors.htm

http://www.asq.org/