Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
$52,850avg. a year
$25.41 an hour · 23,080 employed
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area earn an average of $52,850 a year. That is about the same as the Illinois average of $52,070. The U.S. average is $53,450.
$48,230Median pay
$25.41Average hourly
+1%vs. Illinois average
23,080Jobs in this metro
Other Illinois metro areas
Average pay for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in other Illinois metro areas. Swipe to see all 11.
1220 jobs
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
$58,520
$28.13 an hour
2950 jobs
Peoria, IL
$57,200
$27.50 an hour
35,540 jobs
St. Louis, MO-IL
$56,250
$27.05 an hour
4420 jobs
Decatur, IL
$55,990
$26.92 an hour
51,100 jobs
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
$55,020
$26.45 an hour
6180 jobs
Springfield, IL
$53,790
$25.86 an hour
7260 jobs
Kankakee, IL
$51,290
$24.66 an hour
8170 jobs
Paducah, KY-IL
$50,170
$24.12 an hour
9150 jobs
Bloomington, IL
$49,730
$23.91 an hour
101,180 jobs
Rockford, IL
$49,690
$23.89 an hour
11490 jobs
Champaign-Urbana, IL
$47,910
$23.03 an hour
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How Chicago-Naperville-Elgin compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin?
The average is $52,850 a year, and the median is $48,230. About 23,080 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Illinois average?
That is about the same as the Illinois average of $52,070.
Is this job common in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin?
It makes up 5.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.33 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 51-9061. Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 16980). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.