Plant inspector vs senior inspector

The differences between plant 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 $39,967 average annual salary of a plant inspector.

The top three skills for a plant inspector include asphalt, inspection reports and OSP. The most important skills for a senior inspector are asphalt, traffic control, and construction inspection.

Plant inspector vs senior inspector overview

	Plant Inspector	Senior Inspector
Yearly salary	$39,967	$53,511
Hourly rate	$19.21	$25.73
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	25,192	16,842
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Plant inspector vs senior inspector salary

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

	Plant Inspector	Senior Inspector
Average salary	$39,967	$53,511
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $58,000	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 plant inspector and senior inspector education

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

	Plant Inspector	Senior Inspector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Business	Civil Engineering
Most common college	-	-

Plant inspector vs senior inspector demographics

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

	Plant Inspector	Senior Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 80.2% Female, 19.8%	Male, 88.6% Female, 11.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 19.6% Asian, 9.0% White, 55.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	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 plant inspector and senior inspector duties and responsibilities

Plant inspector example responsibilities.

Interpret results of external, internal and NDE inspection data.
Supervise and coordinate tasks of airframe and power plant troubleshooting.
Log unsafe problems or any other problems with the car into BMW's control network.
Perform regularly schedule packaging line audits to assure that product is being manufacture according to packaging specifications and GMP requirements.
Perform annual termite inspections of residential and commercial termite contract customers (average 80 per month )

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.

Plant inspector vs senior inspector skills

Common plant inspector skills

Asphalt, 66%
Inspection Reports, 7%
OSP, 4%
API, 4%
NDE, 3%
Plant Inspection, 3%

Common senior inspector skills

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