SALARY · INSPECTORS, TESTERS, SORTERS, SAMPLERS, AND WEIGHERS · NORTH CAROLINA

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers salary in North Carolina

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In North Carolina, inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers sat at a median of $46,430 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$46,430

$22 per hour at the median · That is $2,140 (4.4 percent) below the national median of $48,570 for this occupation.

$48,600Mean annual salary

$23Mean hourly wage

$19,700People employed in this job in North Carolina

Salary range

25th: $37,180Median: $46,43075th: $57,220

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$37,180
Median (50th percentile)	$46,430
75th percentile	$57,220
Mean	$48,600

The middle half of workers earned from $37,180 to $57,220 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$38,143 a year

$3,179 a month

Federal tax $3,392 · FICA $3,552 · State tax $1,344

Caveat: the North Carolina rate is from NCDOR, but the $12,750 deduction comes from the statute text, not an NCDOR deduction page.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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