How much do Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Percentile spread

For Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers, the published 10th percentile is $33,560 and the 90th percentile is $80,990. The difference is $47,430, which is 102.6% 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 $38,390 to the 75th at $59,280, covers $20,890.

The mean annual wage is $51,790, which sits above the median of $46,210. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 4.9% lower than the national median of $48,570 for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $44,825, which is 7.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Texas median of $46,210.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 103.090, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,210 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers at $44,825 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 10th of 14 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).).

• Sherman-Denison, TX is 56 miles away, with a median of $44,830 and employment of 210. That median is 3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,808, against $44,825 here.
• Waco, TX is 89 miles away, with a median of $46,900 and employment of 630. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,675, against $44,825 here.
• Tyler, TX is 104 miles away, with a median of $36,350 and employment of 440. That median is 21.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,444, against $44,825 here.

Employment share

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers accounts for 0.41% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (16,440 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.38% of employment (597,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.06 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.