New car inspector vs lead inspector

The differences between new car 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 $27,624 average annual salary of a new car inspector.

The top three skills for a new car inspector include customer service, CSI and customer satisfaction. The most important skills for a lead inspector are NDT, API, and NDE.

New car inspector vs lead inspector overview

	New Car Inspector	Lead Inspector
Yearly salary	$27,624	$51,148
Hourly rate	$13.28	$24.59
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	24,956	17,734
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

New car inspector vs lead inspector salary

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

	New Car Inspector	Lead Inspector
Average salary	$27,624	$51,148
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	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 new car inspector and lead inspector education

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

	New Car Inspector	Lead Inspector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

New car inspector vs lead inspector demographics

Here are the differences between new car inspectors' and lead inspectors' demographics:

	New Car Inspector	Lead Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 84.7% Female, 15.3%	Male, 76.9% Female, 23.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 7.5% White, 59.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	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 new car inspector and lead inspector duties and responsibilities

New car inspector example responsibilities.

Enhance dealership reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Maintain high customer satisfaction level, excellent CSI scores.
Certify by Chrysler in new car sales as well as commercial sales.
Sell full line of Chevrolet vehicles.
Top salesperson first full month on showroom floor
Perform sales analysis, fill out Honda sales contracts/forms.

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.

New car inspector vs lead inspector skills

Common new car inspector skills

Customer Service, 29%
CSI, 7%
Customer Satisfaction, 7%
Dealer Trades, 6%
Test Drive, 4%
Product Knowledge, 4%

Common lead inspector skills

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