Is a Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians degree worth it?
Across 16 schools, graduates of Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians earn a median $83,013 five years out on $25,000 of debt — most often working as Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$83,013
Median debt
$25,000
Years to pay off
3
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
40%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+2.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
10.5%
$85,774 vs $76,781
Net price
$14,462/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$23,683
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.