How to Compare Job Salaries for a Quality Control Inspector
Quality control inspectors can use information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which classifies this occupation in the inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers and weighers category, to compare salaries to the national average, to those in various industries and to those in other cities and states.
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National Average
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According to the BLS, quality control inspectors and others in the inspector, tester, sorter, sampler and weigher occupation earned an average, or mean, hourly wage of $16.75 per hour in 2009, which works out to about $34,840 per year. The median wages that half made more or less than were $15.54 per hour or $32,330 per year. The lowest-paid 10 percent of workers in this occupation made $19,990 or less per year, while the best-paid tenth earned $54,160 or more.
Top Industries
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The five industries that paid the highest average annual salaries to inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers and weighers in May 2009 were services to buildings and dwellings ($53,690), rail transportation ($51,130), other pipeline transportation ($51,070), natural gas distribution ($50,400), and electric power generation, transmission and distribution ($49,980). To see the average salaries for this occupation in other industries, use the create customized tables function on the BLS website.
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Best-Paying Areas
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The District of Columbia was the best-paying state or territory for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers and weighers in May 2009, with an average annual salary of $55,950, followed by Washington ($44,150), Wyoming ($41,840), Alaska ($41,620) and Connecticut ($41,000). The best-paying metropolitan area was Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington, where they earned $53,310 per year, with Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington ($49,320), Lima, Ohio ($49,110), Salinas, California ($45,210) and Savannah, Georgia ($45,000), making up the rest of the top five. The create customized tables function of the BLS website can be used to generate a list comparing this occupation's salaries in all states or metropolitan areas of the United States.
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