SOC 51-9061 · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in Oxnard, CA

The average salary for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Oxnard, California is $54,910 a year ($26.40 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $51,240: half of the 1,320 people in this job in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($53,450).

$54,910average per year

$26.40 / hourMedian $51,240Take-home ≈ $44,813

  • $39K10th
  • $45K25th
  • $51KMedian
  • $62K75th
  • $75K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

1,320people in this job
+3%vs U.S. average
#16 of 25California metros
111cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay range in Oxnard

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,670 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,210 or more. The middle half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Oxnard earn between $44,980 and $61,690.

  • $39K10th
  • $45K25th
  • $51KMedian
  • $62K75th
  • $75K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$54,910$4,576$26.40
Median$51,240$4,270$24.63
Entry level (25th percentile)$44,980$3,748$21.62
Experienced (75th percentile)$61,690$5,141$29.66

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Oxnard vs. California and the U.S.

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Oxnard earn 8% less than the California average ($59,540) and about the same as the U.S. average ($53,450). At the median the gap is +5% against the U.S. median of $48,570.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Oxnard$54,910$51,240$38,670$75,2101,320
California$59,540$54,300$38,750$88,21061,130
United States$53,450$48,570$35,510$77,860597,370

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers salary after taxes in Oxnard

On the average salary of $54,910, a single filer in Oxnard takes home about $44,813 a year, or $3,734 a month and $1,724 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.

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Is Oxnard a good place for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Oxnard area are 11% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 110.5), so the average $54,910 buys what about $49,677 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Oxnard ($52,510). A typical home costs $883,047, or 16.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers salary in other California cities

Oxnard ranks 16th of 25 California metro areas for this job; San Francisco pays the most ($68,450).

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Seattle, WA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($82,070).

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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers salary in Oxnard: questions

How much do inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers make an hour in Oxnard?

$26.40 an hour on average, and $24.64 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers salary in Oxnard?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,670 a year and the 25th percentile is $44,980, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers take-home pay in Oxnard?

About $44,813 a year ($3,734 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $54,910. California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.

Do inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earn more in Oxnard than elsewhere?

The average here is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($53,450).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 51-9061; area Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA (37100). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.2%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 1.06, this job is about as common as in the U.S. overall.

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