Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · SOC 51-9061
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in the Western Washington nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Western Washington nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the Western Washington nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $55,510 per year ($26.69 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,350 at the 10th percentile to $82,050 at the 90th. BLS estimates 230 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the Western Washington nonmetropolitan area earn more than $55,510 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,730 and $65,710.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $40,350 | $46,730 | $55,510 | $65,710 | $82,050 |
| Hourly | $19.40 | $22.47 | $26.69 | $31.59 | $39.45 |
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
- Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$55,510 median for Western Washington nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $46,730 to $65,710
- Washingtonstate$64,420 median for Washington; middle half earns $49,190 to $106,080
- 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 −14% vs Washington overall and +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Washington
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.
- Western Washington nonmetropolitan areathis page$55,510 median for Western Washington nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $46,730 to $65,710
- $76,800 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $55,990 to $115,150
- $71,950 median for Bremerton metro area; middle half earns $58,840 to $78,690
- $68,060 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $50,340 to $82,050
- $58,950 median for Longview metro area; middle half earns $45,410 to $63,710
- $57,440 median for Olympia metro area; middle half earns $40,350 to $69,510
- $55,120 median for Spokane metro area; middle half earns $46,530 to $67,840
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 Western Washington 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.