DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

53-6051 Transportation Inspectors

Occupational Description:
Inspect equipment or goods in connection with the safe transport of cargo or people. Includes rail transportation inspectors, such as freight inspectors, rail inspectors, and other inspectors of transportation vehicles not elsewhere classified. Excludes ?Transportation Security Screeners? (33-9093).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Northeast Minnesota N/A1N/A$0.73/hrN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Minnesota 510101$37.86/hr$3.37/hr$13.13/hr$16.06/hr$38.89/hr$55.97/hr$62.03/hr
U S 30,0201,321$38.12/hr$0.53/hr$16.39/hr$25.90/hr$37.28/hr$49.63/hr$61.61/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Transportation Inspectors
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 290 $54.61/hr 2.7%
Central Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Northwest Minnesota N/A N/A 10.0%
Southeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Related Occupations
Occupation
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand1,220$16.00/hr5.0%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers710$26.38/hr6.3%
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks430$16.85/hr-4.2%
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers300$18.33/hr1.2%
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Health and Safety, and Transportation270$37.50/hr2.4%
Automotive Body and Related Repairers140$21.17/hr5.0%
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators140$25.09/hr-4.6%
Detectives and Criminal Investigators110$37.82/hr2.8%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers50$16.39/hr-9.7%
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service40$12.08/hr-2.6%
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors40$42.50/hrN/A
Cargo and Freight Agents30$19.53/hrN/A
Maintenance Workers, Machinery20$29.98/hr8.3%
Traffic TechniciansN/AN/AN/A
Ship EngineersN/AN/AN/A
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water VesselsN/A$39.45/hrN/A
Farm Equipment MechanicsN/AN/AN/A
Insurance Appraisers, Auto DamageN/AN/AN/A
Log Graders and ScalersN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Transportation Inspectors