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

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$56,420
Median hourly wage$27.13

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $56,420 per year ($27.13 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $42,110 at the 10th percentile to $73,440 at the 90th. BLS estimates 260 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners in the Washington metro area earn more than $56,420 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,950 and $59,740.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$42,110$45,950$56,420$59,740$73,440
Hourly$20.24$22.09$27.13$28.72$35.31

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $56,420
  • United Statesnational
    $49,880

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$36,350$49,237$62,123$75,010College Station-Bryan, TX — $36,350Fort Smith, AR-OK — $37,080Lubbock, TX — $37,500Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,560McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $37,820Longview, TX — $37,950Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,340Amarillo, TX — $38,350Killeen-Temple, TX — $38,360Knoxville, TN — $38,740Roanoke, VA — $39,300Jackson, MS — $39,420Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $40,520Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $41,600Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $42,460Chico, CA — $43,120Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $43,120Midland, TX — $43,370Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,690Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,420Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,680Youngstown-Warren, OH — $44,730Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,930Oklahoma City, OK — $44,990Tulsa, OK — $45,000Wilmington, NC — $45,100Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $45,120Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $45,180Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $45,240Jacksonville, NC — $45,520Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,740Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,820Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $46,060Jacksonville, FL — $46,070Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,140Fort Wayne, IN — $46,390Albuquerque, NM — $46,400Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $46,410San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,510Fresno, CA — $46,700Tucson, AZ — $46,790Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,900Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $47,030Lafayette, LA — $47,190Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $47,220Asheville, NC — $47,280San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,300Montgomery, AL — $47,490Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,530Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,560Lynchburg, VA — $47,780Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,790Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $47,830Syracuse, NY — $47,840Visalia, CA — $47,840Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $47,920Springfield, MO — $48,070Evansville, IN — $48,100Kennewick-Richland, WA — $48,170Greensboro-High Point, NC — $48,210Yakima, WA — $48,230Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $48,320Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,390Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,400Salinas, CA — $48,770Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $48,820Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $49,160Colorado Springs, CO — $49,490Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,500Boise City, ID — $49,650Worcester, MA — $49,670Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $49,760Greeley, CO — $49,800Modesto, CA — $50,040Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,350Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,540Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $50,590Toledo, OH — $50,750Billings, MT — $50,760Pittsburgh, PA — $51,220Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $51,250Utica-Rome, NY — $51,350York-Hanover, PA — $51,380Kansas City, MO-KS — $51,570Cleveland, OH — $51,590Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $51,630Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $51,770Reading, PA — $51,920St. Louis, MO-IL — $51,940Sandusky, OH — $51,980Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $52,000Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $52,210Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $52,270San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $52,510Ann Arbor, MI — $52,820Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $53,190Albany, OR — $53,370Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $53,430Rochester, NY — $54,780Barnstable Town, MA — $55,240Eau Claire, WI — $55,310Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $55,420Medford, OR — $55,770Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $56,120Erie, PA — $56,210Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $56,420Anchorage, AK — $56,880Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $56,940Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $56,980New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $57,260Ogden, UT — $57,320Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,540Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $57,820Lancaster, PA — $58,310Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $58,450Napa, CA — $58,720Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $59,020Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,100Manchester-Nashua, NH — $59,360Salem, OR — $59,390Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $59,400Appleton, WI — $59,410Bozeman, MT — $59,430Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,980Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $60,160Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $60,310Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,500Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $60,630New Haven, CT — $60,700Bloomington, IL — $60,720Green Bay, WI — $60,780Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $61,030Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $61,090Merced, CA — $61,150San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $61,200Madison, WI — $61,410North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $61,680Peoria, IL — $62,080Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,100Kenosha, WI — $62,410Bend, OR — $62,840Bellingham, WA — $62,940Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $63,170Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $63,420Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $63,610Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,750Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $64,180Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $65,930Cedar Rapids, IA — $66,010Stockton-Lodi, CA — $66,870San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $68,990Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $70,270Omaha, NE-IA — $71,570Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $74,550Rockford, IL — $75,010

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 50th-highest published median for this occupation among the 155 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Construction Laborers$47,430Electricians$75,930First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$83,540Carpenters$60,800Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$71,860Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,660

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.