Also called: Weighers, Measurers, and Samplers
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping build coordination, service orientation and social perceptiveness skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Log Graders and Scalers (85%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Log Graders and Scalers | 85% | $46,330 | 0% | None |
| 2 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 84% | $48,570 | +5% | None |
| 3 | Packers and Packagers, Hand | 79% | $36,280 | −22% | None |
| 4 | Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 77% | $43,220 | −7% | None |
| 5 | Machine Feeders and Offbearers | 77% | $41,220 | −11% | None |
| 6 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 76% | $40,240 | −13% | None |
| 7 | Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | 75% | $35,730 | −23% | None |
| 8 | Agricultural Inspectors | 74% | $49,940 | +8% | None |
| 9 | Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 72% | $48,540 | +5% | None |
| 10 | Food Batchmakers | 72% | $42,290 | −9% | None |
Compared with Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping, median $46,380. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
85% skill match · $46,330 · 0% pay
Operation and Control · Operations Analysis · Operations Monitoring
84% skill match · $48,570 · +5% pay
Operation and Control · Operations Analysis · Quality Control Analysis
79% skill match · $36,280 · −22% pay
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Log Graders and Scalers (85% skill match, median $46,330), Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers (84% skill match, median $48,570) and Packers and Packagers, Hand (79% skill match, median $36,280), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 9 pay more than weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping at the median. The biggest increases: Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders (+27%, $58,870), Bridge and Lock Tenders (+24%, $57,700) and Food Science Technicians (+12%, $52,130).
22 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.