SOC 51-9061 · Abilene, TX metro

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in Abilene, TX

The average salary for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Abilene, Texas is $53,570 a year ($25.76 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $48,050: half of the 240 people in this job in the Abilene, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. metro average for this job ($54,201).

$53,570average per year

$25.76 / hourMedian $48,050Take-home ≈ $45,224

  • $36K10th
  • $44K25th
  • $48KMedian
  • $65K75th
  • $74K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

240people in this job
-1%vs U.S. metro average
#7 of 25Texas metros
90cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay range in Abilene

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $73,690 or more. The middle half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Abilene earn between $44,160 and $64,530.

  • $36K10th
  • $44K25th
  • $48KMedian
  • $65K75th
  • $74K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$53,570$4,464$25.75
Median$48,050$4,004$23.10
Entry level (25th percentile)$44,160$3,680$21.23
Experienced (75th percentile)$64,530$5,378$31.02

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

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

On the average salary of $53,570, a single filer in Abilene takes home about $45,224 a year, or $3,769 a month and $1,739 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% 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 Abilene a good place for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Abilene area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.4), so the average $53,570 buys what about $59,282 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Abilene ($44,340). A typical home costs $217,009, or 4.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Abilene ranks 7th of 25 Texas metro areas for this job; Beaumont pays the most ($61,790).

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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 Abilene: questions

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

$25.76 an hour on average, and $23.10 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,200 a year and the 25th percentile is $44,160, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $45,224 a year ($3,769 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $53,570. Texas has no state income tax.

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

The average here is about the same as 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 Abilene, TX (10180). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 2.4%.
  • 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 0.83, this job is about as common as in the U.S. overall.

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