Gauge inspector vs lead inspector

The differences between gauge inspectors and lead inspectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a lead inspector has an average salary of $51,148, which is higher than the $46,523 average annual salary of a gauge inspector.

The top three skills for a gauge inspector include GD, gauges and CMM. The most important skills for a lead inspector are NDT, API, and NDE.

Gauge inspector vs lead inspector overview

	Gauge Inspector	Lead Inspector
Yearly salary	$46,523	$51,148
Hourly rate	$22.37	$24.59
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	16,559	17,734
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Gauge inspector vs lead inspector salary

Gauge inspectors and lead inspectors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Gauge Inspector	Lead Inspector
Average salary	$46,523	$51,148
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $73,000	Between $35,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	-	West Hartford, CT
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	Parsons
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between gauge inspector and lead inspector education

There are a few differences between a gauge inspector and a lead inspector in terms of educational background:

	Gauge Inspector	Lead Inspector
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Most common major	Industrial Technology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Gauge inspector vs lead inspector demographics

Here are the differences between gauge inspectors' and lead inspectors' demographics:

	Gauge Inspector	Lead Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 75.6% Female, 24.4%	Male, 76.9% Female, 23.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% Asian, 7.5% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.6% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% Asian, 7.6% White, 56.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between gauge inspector and lead inspector duties and responsibilities

Gauge inspector example responsibilities.

Manage testing of chemicals, including: benzene, diesel, gasoline, crude oil, ethanol, and acetic acid.
Provide updated information, interpretation and explanation of plumbing and mechanical codes to contractors, engineers, architects and other inspectors.
Inspect mechanical components for aerospace industry for compliance to government specifications and blueprints.

Lead inspector example responsibilities.

Manage survey crews on prelim route survey, and HDD core sample crews.
Coordinate joint surveys with SATORP inspectors and manage clearance of all issue active LBE and NCR.
Authore numerous new corporate NDT procedures, update procedures and administer all NDE corporate activities.
Comply with all AS9100 and NADCAP requirements.
Inspect articles to correct design, tooling and jigs.
Total of 7 HDD crossings and 2 major highway crossings.

Gauge inspector vs lead inspector skills

Common gauge inspector skills

GD, 23%
Gauges, 21%
CMM, 14%
ISO, 12%
Calipers, 6%
Micrometers, 6%

Common lead inspector skills

NDT, 7%
API, 6%
NDE, 5%
Inspection Reports, 5%
III, 5%
Corrective Action, 4%