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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers pay in Alaska and Florida
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers is $78,150 per year in Alaska. It is $47,540 per year in Florida. Alaska is 64.4% above Florida 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 300 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 22,630 in Florida. 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