Motor vehicle inspector vs tester

The differences between motor vehicle inspectors and testers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a motor vehicle inspector, becoming a tester takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a tester has an average salary of $65,202, which is higher than the $44,145 average annual salary of a motor vehicle inspector.

The top three skills for a motor vehicle inspector include vehicle inspections, safety inspections and motor vehicle. The most important skills for a tester are java, test results, and web application.

Motor vehicle inspector vs tester overview

	Motor Vehicle Inspector	Tester
Yearly salary	$44,145	$65,202
Hourly rate	$21.22	$31.35
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	18,516	52,595
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 29%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	49	44
Years of experience	2	4

Motor vehicle inspector vs tester salary

Motor vehicle inspectors and testers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Motor Vehicle Inspector	Tester
Average salary	$44,145	$65,202
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $75,000	Between $42,000 And $99,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Maryland
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between motor vehicle inspector and tester education

There are a few differences between a motor vehicle inspector and a tester in terms of educational background:

	Motor Vehicle Inspector	Tester
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 29%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Automotive Technology	Computer Science
Most common college	-	-

Motor vehicle inspector vs tester demographics

Here are the differences between motor vehicle inspectors' and testers' demographics:

	Motor Vehicle Inspector	Tester
Average age	49	44
Gender ratio	Male, 81.9% Female, 18.1%	Male, 63.0% Female, 37.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.8% Unknown, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 6.3% White, 55.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between motor vehicle inspector and tester duties and responsibilities

Motor vehicle inspector example responsibilities.

Score driving tests for chauffer, passenger and CDL endorsement.
Enforce complex federal, state and agency policies to ensure conformance with establish regulations concerning eligibility factors regarding compliance.
Diagnose and troubleshot vehicle malfunctions.

Tester example responsibilities.

Manage requirements and maintain test repository using QC.
Manage departmental inventory and troubleshoot testing, reporting and inventory issues.
Network scanning using tools like NMap and Nessus.
Perform unit testing using Junit for class, method, & web services testing.
Perform functionality testing, UI testing, integration testing, regression testing, system testing and browser compatibility testing.
Analyze new test cases or test cases from regression test suites store in ALM to pick the automation candidates.

Motor vehicle inspector vs tester skills

Common motor vehicle inspector skills

Vehicle Inspections, 34%
Safety Inspections, 13%
Motor Vehicle, 10%
Federal Laws, 9%
CDL, 6%
Commercial Vehicles, 5%

Common tester skills

Java, 10%
Test Results, 5%
Web Application, 4%
Test Scripts, 4%
QA, 4%
Regression, 4%