Quality Inspector salary
What a quality inspector actually earns, from 78 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-10-04.
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Switch the market above to see quality inspector pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A quality inspector earns a blended US median near 54,710 dollars, with the typical middle running from 45,464 dollars to 80,406 dollars. The official OEWS median is 45,850 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 21 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 2% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is manufacturing technician, at 65 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open quality inspector roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
- Qualitätsprüfer Messtechniker (m/w/d) at Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KGNorderstedt2d agoApply
Contrôleur qualité 100% Genève at Manpower SAGenève, Geneva, Switzerland2d agoApply
Qualitätsprüfer/in at Fritz Schiess AGLichtensteig, St. Gallen, Switzerland2d agoApply- Quality Technician 2 Front End Days at Direct employerAthenry, Ireland2d agoUnlock
- Receiving Inspector II at Direct employerSpace Coast, FL2d agoUnlock
- Quality Control Inspectors ( QCI ) - Civil at Direct employerAbu Dhabi, AE2d agoUnlock
By country
- United States$45,464$54,710$80,406
- United Kingdom$41,359$48,585$55,420
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a quality inspector profile already covers.
- 1170 open controls engineer roles$124,109 median · +$69,399 · 48% readiness
- 475 open industrial engineer roles$108,875 median · +$54,165 · 51% readiness
- 1401 open logistics coordinator roles$92,821 median · +$38,111 · 47% readiness
- 1839 open executive assistant roles$78,190 median · +$23,480 · 51% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a quality inspector.
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Related salaries
- Manufacturing Technician salary$48,799 median
- Administrative Assistant salary$65,315 median
- Industrial Engineer salary$108,875 median
Quick answers
How much does a quality inspector make?
The blended US median is about 54,710 dollars, with a typical range from 45,464 dollars to 80,406 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 45,850 dollars.
Is quality inspector a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 2% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a quality inspector move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is manufacturing technician, at 65 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 51-9061. Live corpus 78 observations, 2026-10-04. Definitions in the glossary.