Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · SOC 51-9061
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in the Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $49,220 per year ($23.66 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,610 at the 10th percentile to $68,780 at the 90th. BLS estimates 820 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earn more than $49,220 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,700 and $60,360.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $35,610 | $43,700 | $49,220 | $60,360 | $68,780 |
| Hourly | $17.12 | $21.01 | $23.66 | $29.02 | $33.07 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$49,220 median for Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,700 to $60,360
- Ohiostate$47,360 median for Ohio; middle half earns $39,950 to $59,990
- United Statesnational$48,570 median for United States; middle half earns $39,890 to $61,440
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +4% vs Ohio overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Ohio
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan areathis page$49,220 median for Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,700 to $60,360
- $57,990 median for Lima metro area; middle half earns $44,010 to $74,370
- $56,750 median for Sandusky metro area; middle half earns $45,490 to $64,870
- $56,310 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $38,630 to $66,780
- $49,920 median for Canton metro area; middle half earns $42,010 to $59,930
- $49,020 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $40,590 to $61,280
- $48,340 median for Cincinnati metro area; middle half earns $40,110 to $60,250
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weigherss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.