SOC 51-9061 · Eau Claire, WI metro

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in Eau Claire, WI

The average salary for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Eau Claire, Wisconsin is $53,310 a year ($25.63 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $50,060: half of the 400 people in this job in the Eau Claire, WI 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).

$53,310average per year

$25.63 / hourMedian $50,060Take-home ≈ $43,275

  • $37K10th
  • $44K25th
  • $50KMedian
  • $63K75th
  • $66K90th

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

400people in this job
-0%vs U.S. average
#6 of 13Wisconsin metros
93cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay range in Eau Claire

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,910 a year or less, while the top 10% make $65,830 or more. The middle half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Eau Claire earn between $43,950 and $63,190.

  • $37K10th
  • $44K25th
  • $50KMedian
  • $63K75th
  • $66K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$53,310$4,442$25.63
Median$50,060$4,172$24.07
Entry level (25th percentile)$43,950$3,662$21.13
Experienced (75th percentile)$63,190$5,266$30.38

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

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Eau Claire vs. Wisconsin and the U.S.

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Eau Claire earn about the same as the Wisconsin average ($52,580) and about the same as the U.S. average ($53,450). At the median the gap is +3% against the U.S. median of $48,570.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Eau Claire$53,310$50,060$36,910$65,830400
Wisconsin$52,580$49,610$37,290$69,27017,670
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 Eau Claire

On the average salary of $53,310, a single filer in Eau Claire takes home about $43,275 a year, or $3,606 a month and $1,664 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 Eau Claire a good place for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Eau Claire area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.8), so the average $53,310 buys what about $57,449 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Eau Claire ($48,100). A typical home costs $327,164, or 6.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Eau Claire ranks 6th of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Madison pays the most ($56,310).

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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 Eau Claire: questions

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

$25.63 an hour on average, and $24.07 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,910 a year and the 25th percentile is $43,950, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $43,275 a year ($3,606 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $53,310.

Do inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earn more in Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire, WI (20740). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.1%.
  • 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 1.20, this job is about as common as in the U.S. overall.

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