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Transportation Inspectors
Inspect equipment or goods in connection with the safe transport of cargo or people. Includes rail transportation inspectors, such as freight inspectors, rail inspectors, and other inspectors of transportation vehicles not elsewhere classified.
What a transportation inspector does
Become a transportation inspector
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good transportation inspector
- Reading work related information.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $49 per hour with an average salary of $102,000 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $35 and $63 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $71,800 and $131,400 per year.
Transportation Inspector job outlook
- There are 505 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 80 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.