Quality Control Analysis Skills and Careers

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.3.m

Occupations reporting Quality Control Analysis

Importance and level are O*NET scale values. Ordered by reported importance. A skill rating does not indicate hiring outcomes.

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Dietetic Technicians2.92.9$37,640
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals2.92.8$36,670
Highway Maintenance Workers2.92.9$50,260
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers2.92.8$61,770
Energy Auditors2.92.9$74,690
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.92.9$49,080
Molecular and Cellular Biologists2.92.9$98,920
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators2.92.9$46,880
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers2.93.4$96,710
Microbiologists2.92.9$87,990
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders2.92.9$58,870
Motorboat Operators2.92.9$47,520
Mechanical Drafters2.93.1$71,550
Electrical and Electronics Drafters2.92.8$76,870
Furniture Finishers2.92.9$44,540
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers2.93.0$96,590
Model Makers, Wood2.92.8$56,550
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers2.93.5$106,220
Structural Iron and Steel Workers2.93.0$62,780
Riggers2.93.0$62,640
Nuclear Medicine Technologists2.93.1$101,370
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.92.6$39,530
Food Service Managers2.92.5$69,390
Potters, Manufacturing2.92.5$46,170
Computer Hardware Engineers2.93.0$161,740
Dietitians and Nutritionists2.93.0$76,400
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators2.92.8$59,850
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders2.92.8$35,650
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers2.92.8$69,500
Pile Driver Operators2.92.9$73,300
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders2.93.0$38,180
Geodetic Surveyors2.93.0$75,440
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary2.92.9$105,870
Pourers and Casters, Metal2.92.8$51,810
Dental Laboratory Technicians2.92.9$49,610
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders2.92.6$43,220
Hearing Aid Specialists2.92.9$65,160
Audio and Video Technicians2.93.0$58,100
Registered Nurses2.93.0$97,550
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.93.0$52,800
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers2.93.0$89,900
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders2.82.1$41,590
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health2.82.9$55,090
Food Batchmakers2.82.1$42,290
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining2.82.8$57,430
Web Developers2.82.8$92,650
Software Developers2.8$135,980
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers2.82.9$141,900
Hydrologists2.82.9$96,600
Surgical Technologists2.83.0$64,650

Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.