SOC 51-9061 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers make in Eugene-Springfield, OR?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in Eugene-Springfield, OR is $47,520. The 10th percentile is $34,490 and the 90th percentile is $68,860. Employment is 400.
Median annual wage
$47,520
- 10th percentile
- $34,490
- 25th percentile
- $38,540
- Median
- $47,520
- 75th percentile
- $57,020
- 90th percentile
- $68,860
- Mean
- $49,690
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers, the published 10th percentile is $34,490 and the 90th percentile is $68,860. The difference is $34,370, which is 72.3% 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 $38,540 to the 75th at $57,020, covers $18,480.
The mean annual wage is $49,690, which sits above the median of $47,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Eugene-Springfield, OR median is 2.2% lower than the national median of $48,570 for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,786, which is 3.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 12.2% lower than the Oregon median of $54,120.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Eugene-Springfield, OR is 101.568, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers at $46,786 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers. Eugene-Springfield, OR ranks 8th of 9 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).).
- Albany, OR is 43 miles away, with a median of $62,460 and employment of 400. That median is 31.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,175, against $46,786 here.
- Corvallis, OR is 47 miles away, with a median of $55,860 and employment of 40. That median is 17.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,703, against $46,786 here.
- Salem, OR is 67 miles away, with a median of $45,670 and employment of 240. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,062, against $46,786 here.
Employment share
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers accounts for 0.25% of wage-and-salary employment in Eugene-Springfield, OR (400 of 157,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.38% of employment (597,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.66 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Eugene-Springfield, OR · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers make in Eugene-Springfield, OR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in Eugene-Springfield, OR is $47,520. The 10th percentile is $34,490 and the 90th percentile is $68,860. Employment is 400.
How does that compare with the national median for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers?
The local median is 2.2% lower than the national median of $48,570.
What is Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Eugene-Springfield, OR after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Eugene-Springfield, OR is 101.568, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,520 is $46,786. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Eugene-Springfield, OR compare with nearby metros for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers?
Albany, OR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 43 miles away, at $62,460. Eugene-Springfield, OR ranks 8th of 9 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.