SOC 51-9061 · Rocky Mount, NC metro

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in Rocky Mount, NC

The average salary for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Rocky Mount, North Carolina is $52,720 a year ($25.35 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $49,660: half of the 440 people in this job in the Rocky Mount, NC 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).

$52,720average per year

$25.35 / hourMedian $49,660Take-home ≈ $42,946

  • $34K10th
  • $42K25th
  • $50KMedian
  • $61K75th
  • $77K90th

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

440people in this job
-1%vs U.S. average
#6 of 15North Carolina metros
88cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay range in Rocky Mount

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,630 a year or less, while the top 10% make $76,550 or more. The middle half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Rocky Mount earn between $41,780 and $60,710.

  • $34K10th
  • $42K25th
  • $50KMedian
  • $61K75th
  • $77K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$52,720$4,393$25.35
Median$49,660$4,138$23.88
Entry level (25th percentile)$41,780$3,482$20.09
Experienced (75th percentile)$60,710$5,059$29.19

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

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Rocky Mount vs. North Carolina and the U.S.

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Rocky Mount earn 8% more than the North Carolina average ($48,600) and about the same as the U.S. average ($53,450). At the median the gap is +2% against the U.S. median of $48,570.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Rocky Mount$52,720$49,660$33,630$76,550440
North Carolina$48,600$46,430$31,590$71,77019,700
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 Rocky Mount

On the average salary of $52,720, a single filer in Rocky Mount takes home about $42,946 a year, or $3,579 a month and $1,652 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Rocky Mount area are 12% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.0), so the average $52,720 buys what about $59,901 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Rocky Mount ($43,960). A typical home costs $201,686, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers salary in other North Carolina cities

Rocky Mount ranks 6th of 15 North Carolina metro areas for this job; Wilmington pays the most ($62,140).

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Highest-paying cities for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

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 Rocky Mount: questions

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

$25.35 an hour on average, and $23.87 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,630 a year and the 25th percentile is $41,780, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $42,946 a year ($3,579 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $52,720.

Do inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earn more in Rocky Mount 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 Rocky Mount, NC (40580). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 3.0%.
  • 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 (2026 rules).
  • Job concentration: location quotient 2.09, this job is 2.1 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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