SOC 51-9061 · Corpus Christi, TX metro

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Salary in Corpus Christi, TX

The average salary for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Corpus Christi, Texas is $58,610 a year ($28.18 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $48,210: half of the 660 people in this job in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 10% more than the U.S. average for this job ($53,450).

$58,610average per year

$28.18 / hourMedian $48,210Take-home ≈ $49,273

  • $34K10th
  • $37K25th
  • $48KMedian
  • $74K75th
  • $102K90th

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

660people in this job
+10%vs U.S. average
#2 of 25Texas metros
93cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay range in Corpus Christi

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,860 a year or less, while the top 10% make $101,920 or more. The middle half of inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Corpus Christi earn between $36,720 and $74,100.

  • $34K10th
  • $37K25th
  • $48KMedian
  • $74K75th
  • $102K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$58,610$4,884$28.18
Median$48,210$4,018$23.18
Entry level (25th percentile)$36,720$3,060$17.65
Experienced (75th percentile)$74,100$6,175$35.62

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

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Corpus Christi vs. Texas and the U.S.

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Corpus Christi earn 14% more than the Texas average ($51,370) and 10% more than the U.S. average ($53,450). At the median the gap is -1% against the U.S. median of $48,570.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Corpus Christi$58,610$48,210$33,860$101,920660
Texas$51,370$46,210$32,200$78,56056,390
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 Corpus Christi

On the average salary of $58,610, a single filer in Corpus Christi takes home about $49,273 a year, or $4,106 a month and $1,895 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% 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 Corpus Christi a good place for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Corpus Christi area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $58,610 buys what about $63,245 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Corpus Christi ($45,350). A typical home costs $225,070, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Corpus Christi ranks 2nd of 25 Texas metro areas for this job; Beaumont pays the most ($61,790).

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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 Corpus Christi: questions

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

$28.18 an hour on average, and $23.18 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,860 a year and the 25th percentile is $36,720, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $49,273 a year ($4,106 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $58,610. Texas has no state income tax.

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

The average here is 10% more 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 Corpus Christi, TX (18580). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 4.0%.
  • 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 0.89, this job is about as common as in the U.S. overall.

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