SOC 51-9061 · Gainesville, FL metro

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in Gainesville, FL

The average salary for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Gainesville, Florida is $48,800 a year ($23.46 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $47,700: half of the 220 people in this job in the Gainesville, FL metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 9% less than the U.S. average for this job ($53,450).

$48,800average per year

$23.46 / hourMedian $47,700Take-home ≈ $41,391

  • $33K10th
  • $37K25th
  • $48KMedian
  • $55K75th
  • $64K90th

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

220people in this job
-9%vs U.S. average
#16 of 21Florida metros
97cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay range in Gainesville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,420 a year or less, while the top 10% make $63,850 or more. The middle half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Gainesville earn between $37,080 and $54,820.

  • $33K10th
  • $37K25th
  • $48KMedian
  • $55K75th
  • $64K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$48,800$4,067$23.46
Median$47,700$3,975$22.93
Entry level (25th percentile)$37,080$3,090$17.83
Experienced (75th percentile)$54,820$4,568$26.36

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

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Gainesville vs. Florida and the U.S.

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Gainesville earn 4% less than the Florida average ($50,980) and 9% less than the U.S. average ($53,450). At the median the gap is -2% against the U.S. median of $48,570.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Gainesville$48,800$47,700$33,420$63,850220
Florida$50,980$47,540$33,040$75,55022,630
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 Gainesville

On the average salary of $48,800, a single filer in Gainesville takes home about $41,391 a year, or $3,449 a month and $1,592 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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Is Gainesville a good place for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Gainesville area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.7), so the average $48,800 buys what about $50,448 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Gainesville ($47,020). A typical home costs $306,605, or 6.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Gainesville ranks 16th of 21 Florida metro areas for this job; Wildwood pays the most ($61,720).

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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 Gainesville: questions

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

$23.46 an hour on average, and $22.93 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,420 a year and the 25th percentile is $37,080, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $41,391 a year ($3,449 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $48,800. Florida has no state income tax.

Do inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers earn more in Gainesville than elsewhere?

The average here is 9% less than 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 Gainesville, FL (23540). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.6%.
  • 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 no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.38, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.38).

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