How much do Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers make in Burlington, NC?

Percentile spread

For Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers, the published 10th percentile is $28,080 and the 90th percentile is $57,780. The difference is $29,700, which is 80.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $33,510 to the 75th at $47,030, covers $13,520.

The mean annual wage is $40,910, which sits above the median of $36,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington, NC median is 23.9% lower than the national median of $48,570 for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,680, which is 18.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.4% lower than the North Carolina median of $46,430.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington, NC is 93.196, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers at $39,680 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

32 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers. Burlington, NC ranks 33rd of 33 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 17 miles away, with a median of $49,390 and employment of 830. That median is 33.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,619, against $39,680 here.
• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 22 miles away, with a median of $45,810 and employment of 1,970. That median is 23.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,330, against $39,680 here.
• Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC is 51 miles away, with a median of $36,990 and employment of 60. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,874, against $39,680 here.

Employment share

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers accounts for 0.56% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington, NC (380 of 67,830). Nationally the occupation is 0.38% of employment (597,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.46 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.