Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Quality Inspector: $58K median posted pay.
From 64 salary bands employers posted on 167 open quality inspector roles in manufacturing. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 12 | — (5 of 8 bands) | — |
| Senior | 8 | — (2 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Jabil | 25 | — |
| Aptiv | 16 | — |
| RTX | 16 | — |
| SpaceX | 10 | — |
| Flir | 7 | — |
| Nemera | 7 | — |
| Anduril Industries | 5 | — |
| RR Donnelley | 5 | — |
| Saab Inc | 4 | — |
| Relativity Space | 4 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open quality inspector roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Inspection | 75 | — |
| Precision Measurement | 71 | — |
| Continuous Improvement | 52 | — |
| Supply Chain Coordination | 40 | — |
| Spreadsheet Analysis | 39 | — |
| Assembly Line Work | 39 | — |
| Investigation | 38 | — |
| GD&T | 37 | — |
| ISO Standards | 34 | — |
| Accessibility | 25 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid1%1 roles
- On site89%148 roles
- Not stated11%18 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 167 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 64 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Quality Inspector (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in manufacturing, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.