Hazardous Materials Removal Workers · SOC 47-4041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Hazardous Materials Removal Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for hazardous materials removal workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 138 metro areas

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$104,530	720	5.6
2	Pueblo, CO	$79,260	70	1.1
3	Amarillo, TX	$77,580	120	0.9
4	Knoxville, TN	$75,280	230	0.5
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$74,060	3,770	0.4
6	St. Louis, MO-IL	$67,010	300	0.2
7	Binghamton, NY	$62,090	50	0.5
8	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$61,330	1,580	0.3
9	Warner Robins, GA	$61,170	50	0.6
10	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$60,390	310	0.7
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$60,390	250	0.2
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$60,290	1,620	0.8
13	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$60,260	930	0.6
14	Bellingham, WA	$59,720	40	0.5
15	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$59,700	350	0.7
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$59,580	1,410	0.6
17	Utica-Rome, NY	$59,440	120	1.0
18	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$59,220	130	0.1
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$59,160	560	0.3
20	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$59,140	50	0.2
21	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$58,650	Not published	Not published
22	Urban Honolulu, HI	$58,440	310	0.7
23	Duluth, MN-WI	$58,400	40	0.3
24	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$57,840	30	0.6
25	Anchorage, AK	$57,540	50	0.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Hazardous Materials Removal Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.