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Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Vermont

Want to work as a Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Vermont? Here’s what you need to know. Weigh, measure, and check materials, supplies, and equipment for the purpose of keeping relevant records. Duties are primarily clerical by nature. Includes workers who collect and keep record of samples of products or materials. Excludes “Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers” (51-9061).

What do Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping Make in Vermont?

The weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping working in Vermont, the median annual wage is $48,690 per year (or roughly $23.41/hour).Earnings range from $31,870 at the 10th percentile to $56,980 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$31,870	$15.32
25th percentile	$41,360	$19.88
Median (50th)	$48,690	$23.41
75th percentile	$54,700	$26.30
90th percentile	$56,980	$27.39

The job concentration index in Vermont compared to the national average — is 0.88, suggesting fewer weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping per worker than the national average.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping earn a median of $29,103 per year ($13.99/hour), exceeding the Vermont median.

Employment Outlook

National employment for 1,001,364 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in the U.S.. In Vermont alone, approximately 90 people work in this role. That trails the typical state, which employs around 540 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping.

Top States for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping Employment

View the states that employ the most weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping work.

State	Number Employed
California	9,120
Texas	4,890
Florida	2,620
Georgia	2,380
Ohio	2,270
New York	2,090
North Carolina	1,830
Virginia	1,630
Indiana	1,600
Pennsylvania	1,480
Illinois	1,430
New Jersey	1,350
Tennessee	1,310
South Carolina	1,150
Missouri	930
Massachusetts	880
Arkansas	800
Kansas	720
Michigan	690
Kentucky	640

Highest-Paying States for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping

These states pay the most for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping.

State	Annual Median Salary
Wyoming	$51,720
Indiana	$51,550
Washington	$51,150
Virginia	$51,100
Vermont	$48,690
New Mexico	$48,520
Colorado	$48,320
Wisconsin	$48,180
Kansas	$47,680
Minnesota	$47,610

Skills

Top weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Core knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Top abilities for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Common tasks include:

• Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
• Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.
• Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.
• Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.
• Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.
• Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.
• Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.
• Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.
• Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.
• Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.
• Store samples of finished products in labeled cartons and record their location.
• Count or estimate quantities of materials, parts, or products received or shipped.

Work Activities

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Processing Information
• Getting Information
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Working with Computers
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

Tools & Technology

Software and systems commonly involved: Hot technologies: Microsoft Access In-demand technologies: Inventory management systems

Related Careers

Other careers like weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping include:

• Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
• Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
• Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
• Log Graders and Scalers
• Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Also Known As

Aircraft Shipping Checker, Balance Weigher, Bean Weigher, Billet Checker, Booking Prizer, Box Car Checker, Brand Recorder, Broadcast Checker, Bullion Weigher, Cane Weigher, Cargo Checker, Case Checker, Charge Weigher, Check Weigher, Checker.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 43-5111.00