Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners · SOC 47-4071

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleanerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners. 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 155 metro areas

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Rockford, IL	$75,010	50	0.4
2	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$74,550	40	0.7
3	Omaha, NE-IA	$71,570	180	0.4
4	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$70,270	120	0.1
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$68,990	350	0.1
6	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$66,870	70	0.2
7	Cedar Rapids, IA	$66,010	60	0.4
8	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$65,930	60	0.7
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$64,180	830	0.4
10	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$63,750	150	0.4
11	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$63,610	60	0.7
12	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$63,420	120	0.3
13	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$63,170	90	0.2
14	Bellingham, WA	$62,940	110	1.2
15	Bend, OR	$62,840	50	0.5
16	Kenosha, WI	$62,410	50	0.7
17	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$62,100	200	0.2
18	Peoria, IL	$62,080	60	0.4
19	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$61,680	Not published	Not published
20	Madison, WI	$61,410	80	0.2
21	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$61,200	200	0.2
22	Merced, CA	$61,150	30	0.4
23	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$61,090	80	0.3
24	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$61,030	50	0.5
25	Green Bay, WI	$60,780	90	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 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.