Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · SOC 51-9061
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in the South Carolina
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025South Carolina
Figures describe the state of South Carolina as a whole.
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the South Carolina earned a median of $46,890 per year ($22.54 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,010 at the 10th percentile to $70,430 at the 90th. BLS estimates 13,360 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the South Carolina earn more than $46,890 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,910 and $58,540.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $35,010 | $37,910 | $46,890 | $58,540 | $70,430 |
| Hourly | $16.83 | $18.23 | $22.54 | $28.14 | $33.86 |
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
- South Carolina$46,890 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $37,910 to $58,540
- 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 −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in South Carolina
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.
- South Carolinathis page$46,890 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $37,910 to $58,540
- $50,470 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $41,610 to $65,800
- $49,250 median for Sumter metro area; middle half earns $44,860 to $58,490
- $49,160 median for Spartanburg metro area; middle half earns $39,090 to $59,290
- $48,310 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $39,340 to $58,490
- $47,470 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $38,570 to $59,990
- $47,280 median for Florence metro area; middle half earns $36,170 to $57,560
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 South Carolina
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.