SOC 51-9061 · Ocala, FL metro

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in Ocala, FL

The average salary for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Ocala, Florida is $48,110 a year ($23.13 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $46,670: half of the 280 people in this job in the Ocala, FL metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 11% less than the U.S. metro average for this job ($54,201).

$48,110average per year

$23.13 / hourMedian $46,670Take-home ≈ $40,836

  • $36K10th
  • $38K25th
  • $47KMedian
  • $55K75th
  • $63K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

280people in this job
-11%vs U.S. metro average
#19 of 21Florida metros
95cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay range in Ocala

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,690 a year or less, while the top 10% make $63,400 or more. The middle half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Ocala earn between $37,540 and $55,450.

  • $36K10th
  • $38K25th
  • $47KMedian
  • $55K75th
  • $63K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$48,110$4,009$23.13
Median$46,670$3,889$22.44
Entry level (25th percentile)$37,540$3,128$18.05
Experienced (75th percentile)$55,450$4,621$26.66

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

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

On the average salary of $48,110, a single filer in Ocala takes home about $40,836 a year, or $3,403 a month and $1,571 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Ocala area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.2), so the average $48,110 buys what about $50,518 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Ocala ($43,990). A typical home costs $273,318, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Ocala ranks 19th of 21 Florida metro areas for this job; Wildwood pays the most ($61,720).

All Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers salaries in Florida

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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 Ocala: questions

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

$23.13 an hour on average, and $22.44 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,690 a year and the 25th percentile is $37,540, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $40,836 a year ($3,403 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $48,110. Florida has no state income tax.

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

The average here is 11% less than the U.S. metro average for this job ($54,201).

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 Ocala, FL (36100). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.3%.
  • 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 no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.60, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.60).

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