Gauge inspector vs senior inspector

The differences between gauge inspectors and senior inspectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a senior inspector has an average salary of $53,511, 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 senior inspector are asphalt, traffic control, and construction inspection.

Gauge inspector vs senior inspector overview

	Gauge Inspector	Senior Inspector
Yearly salary	$46,523	$53,511
Hourly rate	$22.37	$25.73
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	16,559	16,842
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Gauge inspector vs senior inspector salary

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

	Gauge Inspector	Senior Inspector
Average salary	$46,523	$53,511
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $73,000	Between $35,000 And $80,000
Highest paying City	-	Newington, CT
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	PBF Energy
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between gauge inspector and senior inspector education

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

	Gauge Inspector	Senior Inspector
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Industrial Technology	Civil Engineering
Most common college	-	-

Gauge inspector vs senior inspector demographics

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

	Gauge Inspector	Senior Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 75.6% Female, 24.4%	Male, 88.6% Female, 11.4%
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, 12.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 19.9% Asian, 8.8% White, 54.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between gauge inspector and senior 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.

Senior inspector example responsibilities.

Manage contractors and consultants performing compliance relate work including MTR and document control.
Conduct QA tests on questionable motherboards/CPU's and accomplish environmental tests on new PC models.
Coordinate joint surveys with SATORP inspectors and manage clearance of all issue active LBE and NCR.
Maintain active certifications in SMAW, GTAW, FCAW, and GMAW welding processes.
Work with ASME, API, AWS, ANSI, ASTM and NACE codes and specifications.
Experience mostly in GTAW and GMAW welding procedures.

Gauge inspector vs senior inspector skills

Common gauge inspector skills

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

Common senior inspector skills

Asphalt, 10%
Traffic Control, 8%
Construction Inspection, 6%
NDT, 6%
Inspection Reports, 5%
PT, 4%