Highest-paying Cities for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

The top 100 highest paying cities for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $88,150, Fairbanks, Alaska is the highest paying city for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers. It is followed by Los Alamos County, New Mexico (average annual salary $79,410). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Fairbanks, Alaska	$88,150	$54,820	30
2	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$79,410	$57,920	90
3	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$71,650	$51,300	80
4	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$67,550	$33,820	390
5	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$66,850	$39,220	190
6	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$66,420	$37,430	60
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$64,720	$40,200	7,850
8	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$64,320	$31,120	320
9	Anchorage, Alaska	$63,110	$49,870	120
10	Wichita, Kansas	$62,330	$37,130	2,660
11	Tacoma, Washington	$61,840	$38,150	790
12	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$61,470	$36,730	1,280
13	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$61,380	$36,320	700
14	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$60,680	$39,090	650
15	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$60,030	$38,790	160
16	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$59,260	$32,250	290
17	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$58,770	$31,050	110
18	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$58,290	$35,480	70
19	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$58,230	$34,280	1,290
20	Bismarck, North Dakota	$57,640	$38,750	120
21	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$57,580	$33,540	7,800
22	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$56,500	$24,550	60
23	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$55,910	$32,500	140
24	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$55,600	$26,450	140
25	Olympia, Washington	$54,800	$35,160	190
26	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$54,770	$38,400	100
27	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$54,680	$28,660	590
28	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,600	$38,590	8,250
29	Billings, Montana	$54,530	$38,290	110
30	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$54,360	$37,400	6,340
31	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$54,180	$33,360	1,580
32	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$53,540	$28,930	700
33	Pueblo, Colorado	$53,530	$34,090	150
34	Carson City, Nevada	$53,460	$32,240	210
35	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$53,180	$31,460	400
36	Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$52,830	$32,820	100
37	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$52,520	$39,670	560
38	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$52,310	$37,840	6,190
39	New Bern, North Carolina	$52,080	$32,740	200
40	Lafayette, Indiana	$52,080	$33,540	640
41	Casper, Wyoming	$52,000	$37,150	260
42	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$51,860	$26,730	70
43	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$51,640	$37,440	290
44	Boulder, Colorado	$51,570	$37,680	660
45	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$51,470	$33,570	420
46	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$51,440	$34,830	290
47	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$51,360	$31,630	80
48	Decatur, Illinois	$51,310	$34,730	420
49	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$51,010	$35,390	390
50	Albany, Oregon	$50,960	$31,680	420
51	Walla Walla, Washington	$50,930	$37,630	50
52	Duluth, Wisconsin	$50,930	$37,060	220
53	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$50,770	$24,900	1,690
54	Peoria, Illinois	$50,700	$32,090	1,140
55	Peabody, Massachusetts	$50,490	$24,120	220
56	Longview, Washington	$50,480	$35,480	180
57	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$50,470	$33,630	170
58	St Marys County, Maryland	$50,330	$28,650	60
59	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$50,290	$38,410	180
60	Tucson, Arizona	$50,230	$35,610	1,380
61	Lima, Ohio	$50,190	$31,270	310
62	Owensboro, Kentucky	$50,120	$29,940	330
63	Savannah, Georgia	$50,090	$27,750	770
64	Kansas City, Missouri	$50,070	$33,500	3,890
65	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,060	$31,660	2,610
66	Farmington, New Mexico	$49,980	$33,070	100
67	Corpus Christi, Texas	$49,920	$29,020	700
68	Winchester, West Virginia	$49,760	$31,160	270
69	Spokane, Washington	$49,500	$34,540	690
70	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,470	$31,190	2,360
71	Rochester, Minnesota	$49,430	$37,440	270
72	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$49,410	$30,150	340
73	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$49,400	$35,960	270
74	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$49,390	$35,380	170
75	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$49,350	$34,340	3,880
76	Lincoln, Nebraska	$49,340	$30,610	590
77	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida	$49,270	$30,840	100
78	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$49,260	$32,240	70
79	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,220	$36,080	3,840
80	Lynchburg, Virginia	$49,220	$28,960	630
81	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,210	$33,780	5,260
82	The Villages, Florida	$49,120	$33,830	30
83	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$49,090	$32,550	280
84	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$49,010	$33,230	210
85	Mobile, Alabama	$49,000	$27,210	480
86	Wheeling, West Virginia	$49,000	$28,220	240
87	Yuma, Arizona	$48,940	$31,460	390
88	Springfield, Massachusetts	$48,930	$35,560	1,420
89	Warner Robins, Georgia	$48,920	$31,680	340
90	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$48,790	$32,880	100
91	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$48,770	$33,470	510
92	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$48,700	$36,540	110
93	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$48,580	$31,930	1,440
94	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$48,540	$31,200	1,480
95	Syracuse, New York	$48,510	$31,920	1,220
96	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$48,430	$28,350	2,400
97	Lewiston, Washington	$48,380	$27,950	150
98	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,280	$37,320	6,820
99	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$48,270	$28,530	780
100	Glens Falls, New York	$48,220	$37,330	210

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