Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians programs in Texas
25 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 4 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $55,964 at Odessa College.
What this work pays in Texas
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in Texas earn a median of $46,210 a year across 56,390 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $79,660 | 17,920 |
| Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians | $62,020 | 5,060 |
| Occupational Health and Safety Technicians | $57,980 | 4,420 |
| Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians | $57,150 | 1,240 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odessa College Odessa | Associate's degree | — | $55,964 (18 grads) | 32 |
| Ocean Corporation Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $37,110 (202 grads) | 70 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Associate's degree | — | $36,848 (16 grads) | 11 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Associate's degree | $19,000 | $25,774 (30 grads) | 51 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | $5,250 | not published | 26 |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| College of the Mainland Texas City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| College of the Mainland Texas City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 26 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Lee College Baytown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 32 |
| Lee College Baytown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 27 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 41 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 32 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Associate's degree | — | not published | 21 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.