Pay distribution $30,940 10th $33,110 25th $61,630 75th $78,100 90th
Half of Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the Wheeling metro area earn more than $44,350 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $33,110 and $61,630.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $30,940 $33,110 $44,350 $61,630 $78,100 Hourly $14.88 $15.92 $21.32 $29.63 $37.55
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 Wheeling metro areathis metro area
$44,350 median for Wheeling metro area; middle half earns $33,110 to $61,630
$47,010 median for West Virginia; middle half earns $37,880 to $60,800
$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 −6% vs West Virginia overall and −9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,240 $45,493 $68,747 $92,000 Mayaguez, PR — $22,240 Aguadilla, PR — $25,130 Ponce, PR — $28,600 Arecibo, PR — $29,040 Victoria, TX — $33,240 Laredo, TX — $35,120 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $35,790 Sebring, FL — $36,230 Tyler, TX — $36,350 Dothan, AL — $36,440 Flint, MI — $36,540 Gadsden, AL — $36,700 El Paso, TX — $36,930 Burlington, NC — $36,980 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $36,990 Goldsboro, NC — $37,080 Lafayette, LA — $37,110 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,120 Beckley, WV — $37,210 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $37,440 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $37,840 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $38,250 Jackson, MS — $38,430 Tuscaloosa, AL — $38,500 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $38,720 Hattiesburg, MS — $39,620 Morristown, TN — $39,710 Mansfield, OH — $39,950 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $40,240 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $40,430 Idaho Falls, ID — $41,320 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $41,440 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $41,570 Elizabethtown, KY — $41,910 Valdosta, GA — $42,000 Rome, GA — $42,240 Albany, GA — $42,410 Erie, PA — $42,480 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $42,620 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $42,640 Morgantown, WV — $42,900 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $42,920 Hammond, LA — $42,950 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $42,950 Dalton, GA — $43,010 Williamsport, PA — $43,020 Monroe, MI — $43,100 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $43,140 Gainesville, GA — $43,180 Midland, MI — $43,310 College Station-Bryan, TX — $43,420 San Angelo, TX — $43,420 Longview, TX — $43,540 Bowling Green, KY — $43,720 Alexandria, LA — $43,740 Lewiston, ID-WA — $43,790 Niles, MI — $43,870 Lubbock, TX — $44,040 Traverse City, MI — $44,190 Birmingham, AL — $44,290 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,340 Wheeling, WV-OH — $44,350 Altoona, PA — $44,380 Twin Falls, ID — $44,410 Salinas, CA — $44,500 Cleveland, TN — $44,520 Fresno, CA — $44,550 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,650 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,670 Chico, CA — $44,680 Winston-Salem, NC — $44,700 Montgomery, AL — $44,830 Sherman-Denison, TX — $44,830 State College, PA — $44,860 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,910 Johnson City, TN — $44,980 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $45,230 Decatur, AL — $45,240 St. George, UT — $45,320 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $45,350 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $45,370 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $45,400 Jackson, MI — $45,460 Dover, DE — $45,520 Enid, OK — $45,530 Clarksville, TN-KY — $45,600 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,600 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,630 Muncie, IN — $45,670 Salem, OR — $45,670 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $45,710 Kokomo, IN — $45,720 Bangor, ME — $45,770 Gettysburg, PA — $45,780 Monroe, LA — $45,800 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $45,810 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $45,840 Paducah, KY-IL — $45,850 Bay City, MI — $45,910 Jackson, TN — $45,910 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $46,020 Santa Fe, NM — $46,030 Visalia, CA — $46,030 Ann Arbor, MI — $46,060 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $46,080 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,090 Kenosha, WI — $46,110 El Centro, CA — $46,130 Knoxville, TN — $46,130 Harrisonburg, VA — $46,170 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,210 Winchester, VA-WV — $46,220 Lebanon, PA — $46,240 Rockford, IL — $46,240 Salisbury, MD — $46,270 Vineland, NJ — $46,320 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $46,460 Hot Springs, AR — $46,560 Killeen-Temple, TX — $46,580 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,630 Odessa, TX — $46,640 Ocala, FL — $46,670 Bloomington, IL — $46,690 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $46,700 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $46,710 Terre Haute, IN — $46,780 Toledo, OH — $46,790 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $46,820 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $46,820 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $46,870 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $46,900 Waco, TX — $46,900 Yakima, WA — $46,910 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $47,040 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $47,050 Columbus, OH — $47,130 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,140 Fayetteville, NC — $47,160 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $47,160 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,170 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,180 Lancaster, PA — $47,220 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $47,240 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,250 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $47,270 Florence, SC — $47,280 Lawton, OK — $47,360 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $47,440 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,470 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,520 Midland, TX — $47,590 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $47,670 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,680 Gainesville, FL — $47,700 Akron, OH — $47,780 Saginaw, MI — $47,780 Tallahassee, FL — $47,790 Ithaca, NY — $47,880 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,880 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,950 Huntsville, AL — $47,950 Joplin, MO-KS — $47,960 Evansville, IN — $47,970 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,980 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $48,000 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,000 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $48,020 Abilene, TX — $48,050 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $48,090 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $48,110 Fort Wayne, IN — $48,120 Binghamton, NY — $48,160 Minot, ND — $48,200 Corpus Christi, TX — $48,210 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $48,230 Wichita Falls, TX — $48,250 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,260 Columbia, SC — $48,310 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $48,310 Rapid City, SD — $48,310 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $48,320 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,340 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,360 Rochester, NY — $48,370 Jacksonville, FL — $48,410 Springfield, IL — $48,410 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,420 Albuquerque, NM — $48,430 Battle Creek, MI — $48,440 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $48,450 Roanoke, VA — $48,470 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $48,560 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,620 Springfield, MO — $48,620 Logan, UT-ID — $48,630 Richmond, VA — $48,710 Syracuse, NY — $48,760 Green Bay, WI — $48,780 York-Hanover, PA — $48,790 Utica-Rome, NY — $48,810 Kankakee, IL — $48,880 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $48,970 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $48,990 Bend, OR — $49,000 Asheville, NC — $49,010 Cleveland, OH — $49,020 Columbus, IN — $49,030 Omaha, NE-IA — $49,030 Manhattan, KS — $49,040 Texarkana, TX-AR — $49,070 Pittsburgh, PA — $49,090 Spartanburg, SC — $49,160 Reading, PA — $49,170 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $49,180 Bellingham, WA — $49,230 Sumter, SC — $49,250 Iowa City, IA — $49,270 Pocatello, ID — $49,310 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,370 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,390 Owensboro, KY — $49,390 Napa, CA — $49,400 Cedar Rapids, IA — $49,420 Springfield, MA — $49,420 Grants Pass, OR — $49,440 Jefferson City, MO — $49,450 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,460 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,460 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $49,500 Jonesboro, AR — $49,560 Yuba City, CA — $49,600 Reno, NV — $49,620 Rocky Mount, NC — $49,660 Worcester, MA — $49,660 Grand Island, NE — $49,740 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $49,790 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $49,790 Dubuque, IA — $49,800 Charleston, WV — $49,810 Boise City, ID — $49,820 Canton-Massillon, OH — $49,920 Appleton, WI — $49,930 Merced, CA — $49,940 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $49,940 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,960 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $50,000 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $50,030 Eau Claire, WI — $50,060 New Haven, CT — $50,060 Port St. Lucie, FL — $50,120 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $50,160 Fargo, ND-MN — $50,230 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $50,240 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $50,240 Wausau, WI — $50,250 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $50,370 Lawrence, KS — $50,430 St. Cloud, MN — $50,450 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $50,470 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $50,670 Glens Falls, NY — $50,780 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $50,850 Warner Robins, GA — $50,860 Johnstown, PA — $50,890 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $50,950 Colorado Springs, CO — $51,080 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $51,190 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $51,210 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $51,240 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $51,250 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $51,430 Chambersburg, PA — $51,430 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $51,520 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $51,560 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $51,580 Oklahoma City, OK — $51,690 Redding, CA — $51,690 Medford, OR — $51,710 St. Louis, MO-IL — $51,790 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $51,890 Mankato, MN — $51,910 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $51,940 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $51,990 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $52,000 Grand Junction, CO — $52,120 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $52,170 Carson City, NV — $52,310 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $52,690 Jacksonville, NC — $52,790 Ogden, UT — $52,800 Columbia, MO — $52,810 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $52,820 Missoula, MT — $53,560 Modesto, CA — $53,560 Madison, WI — $53,940 Amarillo, TX — $53,970 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $54,120 Punta Gorda, FL — $54,350 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $54,450 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $54,800 Greenville, NC — $54,820 Walla Walla, WA — $55,050 Fond du Lac, WI — $55,090 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $55,120 Hinesville, GA — $55,170 Elmira, NY — $55,380 Columbus, GA-AL — $55,430 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $55,540 Pittsfield, MA — $55,560 Vallejo, CA — $55,700 Corvallis, OR — $55,860 Sheboygan, WI — $56,120 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $56,160 Casper, WY — $56,200 Tulsa, OK — $56,210 Springfield, OH — $56,310 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $56,740 Sandusky, OH — $56,750 Peoria, IL — $56,770 Kingston, NY — $56,790 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $56,890 Topeka, KS — $57,050 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $57,140 Las Cruces, NM — $57,220 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $57,260 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $57,330 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $57,440 Lincoln, NE — $57,590 Lynchburg, VA — $57,660 Decatur, IL — $57,700 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $57,840 Wilmington, NC — $57,840 Cheyenne, WY — $57,900 Lima, OH — $57,990 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $58,210 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $58,430 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $58,460 Charlottesville, VA — $58,570 Pueblo, CO — $58,600 Mobile, AL — $58,790 Yuma, AZ — $58,840 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $58,850 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $58,900 Longview-Kelso, WA — $58,950 Greeley, CO — $58,960 Farmington, NM — $59,060 Tucson, AZ — $59,080 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $59,550 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $59,660 Billings, MT — $59,680 Baton Rouge, LA — $59,720 Barnstable Town, MA — $59,730 Rochester, MN — $59,850 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $59,870 Great Falls, MT — $59,900 Duluth, MN-WI — $59,920 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $60,040 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $60,180 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $60,190 Helena, MT — $60,290 Bloomington, IN — $60,360 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,360 Boulder, CO — $60,400 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,610 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $60,750 Portland-South Portland, ME — $60,860 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $61,230 Urban Honolulu, HI — $61,630 Ames, IA — $61,820 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,820 Bozeman, MT — $62,200 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $62,340 Albany, OR — $62,460 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,470 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $62,480 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $62,630 Kansas City, MO-KS — $63,000 Wichita, KS — $63,030 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $63,520 Lake Charles, LA — $63,570 Bismarck, ND — $63,910 Flagstaff, AZ — $65,840 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $68,060 Anchorage, AK — $71,470 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $71,950 Savannah, GA — $72,800 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $76,800 Lexington Park, MD — $92,000 Wheeling metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Wheeling metro area has the 327th-highest published median for this occupation among the 388 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in West Virginia 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.
Wheeling metro areathis page
$44,350 median for Wheeling metro area; middle half earns $33,110 to $61,630
$62,630 median for Parkersburg metro area; middle half earns $46,590 to $86,120
$61,230 median for Weirton metro area; middle half earns $46,260 to $65,370
$49,810 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $40,200 to $61,000
$42,900 median for Morgantown metro area; middle half earns $30,440 to $50,610
$40,240 median for Huntington metro area; middle half earns $32,830 to $55,880
$37,210 median for Beckley metro area; middle half earns $34,700 to $57,960
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .