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
Northwest Minnesota N/A1N/AN/AN/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%
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Southeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Central Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Northwest Minnesota N/A N/A 10.0%
Related Occupations
Occupation
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand4,610$16.19/hr6.0%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers1,580$21.10/hr9.1%
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers1,340$20.52/hr3.4%
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks1,000$19.17/hr-1.7%
Farm Equipment Mechanics320$21.26/hr16.3%
Automotive Body and Related Repairers310$19.68/hr4.9%
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Health and Safety, and Transportation300$37.21/hr3.2%
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic200$14.71/hrN/A
Detectives and Criminal Investigators140$37.17/hr6.3%
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service110$21.18/hr-4.1%
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators100$30.29/hr-4.8%
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders100$18.36/hr2.8%
Maintenance Workers, Machinery80$18.15/hr16.1%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers30$23.18/hr-10.2%
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors20$43.83/hr7.7%
Log Graders and Scalers10$26.50/hrN/A
Railroad Conductors and YardmastersN/AN/A6.3%
Locomotive EngineersN/AN/AN/A
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and HostlersN/AN/AN/A
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Traffic TechniciansN/AN/AN/A
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water VesselsN/AN/AN/A
Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and MiningN/AN/AN/A
Cargo and Freight AgentsN/AN/A14.3%
Tasks for Transportation Inspectors