Shipping inspector vs senior inspector

The differences between shipping 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 $28,962 average annual salary of a shipping inspector.

The top three skills for a shipping inspector include calipers, computer system and FAA. The most important skills for a senior inspector are asphalt, traffic control, and construction inspection.

Shipping inspector vs senior inspector overview

	Shipping Inspector	Senior Inspector
Yearly salary	$28,962	$53,511
Hourly rate	$13.92	$25.73
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	23,151	16,842
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Shipping inspector vs senior inspector salary

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

	Shipping Inspector	Senior Inspector
Average salary	$28,962	$53,511
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $36,000	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 shipping inspector and senior inspector education

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

	Shipping Inspector	Senior Inspector
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Business	Civil Engineering
Most common college	-	-

Shipping inspector vs senior inspector demographics

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

	Shipping Inspector	Senior Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 55.7% Female, 44.3%	Male, 88.6% Female, 11.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.7% Asian, 9.0% White, 59.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	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 shipping inspector and senior inspector duties and responsibilities

Shipping inspector example responsibilities.

Attend seminars require to obtain and maintain FAA ODAR certification.
Supervise all supply-chain management operations, including forecasting, sourcing, procurement, pricing, conversion, distribution and logistics.
Correspond with Honda on issues.
Supervise all supply-chain management operations, including forecasting, sourcing, procurement, pricing, conversion, distribution and logistics.

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.

Shipping inspector vs senior inspector skills

Common shipping inspector skills

Calipers, 32%
Computer System, 27%
FAA, 18%
Package Processing Equipment, 8%
Load Trucks, 5%
Customer Orders, 5%

Common senior inspector skills

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