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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Alabama and Alaska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers is $40,010 per year in Alabama. It is $78,150 per year in Alaska. Alabama is 48.8% below Alaska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9061 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 13,120 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 300 in Alaska. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings