SOC 51-9061 · El Paso, TX metro

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in El Paso, TX

The average salary for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in El Paso, Texas is $41,640 a year ($20.02 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $36,930: half of the 900 people in this job in the El Paso, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 22% less than the U.S. average for this job ($53,450).

$41,640average per year

$20.02 / hourMedian $36,930Take-home ≈ $35,638

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  • $37KMedian
  • $47K75th
  • $66K90th

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

900people in this job
-22%vs U.S. average
#22 of 25Texas metros
90cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay range in El Paso

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $24,640 a year or less, while the top 10% make $66,300 or more. The middle half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in El Paso earn between $30,370 and $47,020.

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  • $37KMedian
  • $47K75th
  • $66K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$41,640$3,470$20.02
Median$36,930$3,078$17.75
Entry level (25th percentile)$30,370$2,531$14.60
Experienced (75th percentile)$47,020$3,918$22.61

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

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in El Paso vs. Texas and the U.S.

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in El Paso earn 19% less than the Texas average ($51,370) and 22% less than the U.S. average ($53,450). At the median the gap is -24% against the U.S. median of $48,570.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
El Paso$41,640$36,930$24,640$66,300900
Texas$51,370$46,210$32,200$78,56056,390
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 El Paso

On the average salary of $41,640, a single filer in El Paso takes home about $35,638 a year, or $2,970 a month and $1,371 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% 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 El Paso a good place for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the El Paso area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.9), so the average $41,640 buys what about $46,312 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in El Paso ($39,510). A typical home costs $232,910, or 5.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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

El Paso ranks 22nd 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 El Paso: questions

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

$20.02 an hour on average, and $17.76 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $24,640 a year and the 25th percentile is $30,370, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $35,638 a year ($2,970 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $41,640. Texas has no state income tax.

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

The average here is 22% less than 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 El Paso, TX (21340). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.9%.
  • 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 no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.69, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.69).

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