The annual salary statistics of hazardous materials removal workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of hazardous materials removal workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $39,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $44,360 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,940 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,790 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $86,970 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for hazardous materials removal workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $86,970. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of hazardous materials removal workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $50,940 | 6.77% | 23.26% |
| 2021 | $47,490 | 5.56% | - |
| 2020 | $44,850 | -0.18% | - |
| 2019 | $44,930 | 7.70% | - |
| 2018 | $41,470 | -2.39% | - |
| 2017 | $42,460 | 7.94% | - |
| 2016 | $39,090 | -0.36% | - |
| 2015 | $39,230 | 0.36% | - |
| 2012 | $39,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $50,940 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for hazardous materials removal workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of hazardous materials removal workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 22.4 percent (22.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 28.9 percent (28.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.