Jobs Similar to Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Also called: Inspectors, Testers, and Weighers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers, Packers and Packagers and Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: $48,570 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
78% similar · $53,750 (+11%) · High school
- 2Packers and Packagers, Hand
78% similar · $36,280 (−25%) · High school
- 3Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
77% similar · $43,960 (−9%) · High school
- 4Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
77% similar · $50,270 (+4%) · High school · Same group
- 5Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
77% similar · $39,460 (−19%) · High school · Same group
- 6Machine Feeders and Offbearers
77% similar · $41,220 (−15%) · High school
- 7Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
76% similar · $46,170 (−5%) · High school · Same group
- 8Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
76% similar · $58,040 (+19%) · High school · Same group
- 9Tire Builders
76% similar · $57,390 (+18%) · High school · Same group
- 10Food Batchmakers
76% similar · $42,290 (−13%) · High school
- 11Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
76% similar · $78,350 (broader group) · High school
- 12Quality Control Analysts
76% similar · $62,280 (broader group) · Training or associate
- 13Sewing Machine Operators
76% similar · $36,670 (−25%) · High school
- 14Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
76% similar · $48,040 (−1%) · High school · Same group
- 15Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
76% similar · $46,350 (−5%) · High school
- 16Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
76% similar · $41,590 (−14%) · High school
- 17Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
76% similar · $48,220 (−1%) · High school
- 18Log Graders and Scalers
75% similar · $46,330 (−5%) · High school
- 19Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
75% similar · $43,530 (−10%) · High school · Same group
- 20Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
75% similar · $46,330 (−5%) · High school
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
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Careers where inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Log Graders and Scalers (85)
- Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping (84)
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists (83)
- Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation (81)
- Quality Control Analysts (80)
- Packers and Packagers, Hand (78)
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers (78)
- Aviation Inspectors (77)
- Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (76)
- Food Batchmakers (76)
Questions about jobs like inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
What jobs are most similar to inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers (78% similar), Packers and Packagers (78% similar), Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (77% similar), Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (77% similar) and Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians (77% similar).
Which jobs like inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders ($58,040, +19%; usually a high school diploma), Tire Builders ($57,390, +18%; usually a high school diploma) and Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers ($53,750, +11%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ($48,570). Without more preparation than inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers usually need: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders, Tire Builders and Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.