Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · SOC 51-9061
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in the Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $45,750 per year ($22.00 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,810 at the 10th percentile to $58,840 at the 90th. BLS estimates 580 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area earn more than $45,750 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,560 and $51,440.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $34,810 | $40,560 | $45,750 | $51,440 | $58,840 |
| Hourly | $16.74 | $19.50 | $22.00 | $24.73 | $28.29 |
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
- Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$45,750 median for Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,560 to $51,440
- Missouristate$54,420 median for Missouri; middle half earns $45,630 to $75,140
- 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 −16% vs Missouri overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Missouri
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.
- Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan areathis page$45,750 median for Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,560 to $51,440
- $63,000 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $48,970 to $78,410
- $57,140 median for Cape Girardeau metro area; middle half earns $45,500 to $75,140
- $52,810 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $47,510 to $60,070
- $51,790 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $44,700 to $63,830
- $49,450 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $43,160 to $61,790
- $49,370 median for St. Joseph metro area; middle half earns $47,430 to $61,030
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 Southeast Missouri 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.