Highest-paying Cities for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for hazardous materials removal workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of hazardous materials removal workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $86,710, Fairbanks, Alaska is the highest paying city for hazardous materials removal workers. It is followed by Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington (average annual salary $83,920). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of hazardous materials removal workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Fairbanks, Alaska	$86,710	$78,860	50
2	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$83,920	$43,370	570
3	Medford, Oregon	$81,220	$45,800	40
4	Knoxville, Tennessee	$74,820	$36,980	200
5	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$73,170	$64,010	360
6	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$72,800	$40,460	1,360
7	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$72,560	$44,610	3,260
8	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$71,020	$47,020	320
9	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$70,960	$37,900	570
10	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$70,850	$54,460	90
11	Framingham, Massachusetts	$68,710	$32,740	50
12	Amarillo, Texas	$68,560	$42,830	140
13	East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$68,310	$61,410	150
14	Decatur, Alabama	$67,600	$41,820	50
15	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$66,160	$36,750	150
16	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$65,630	$31,630	190
17	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$65,230	$42,740	490
18	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$64,840	$42,040	2,160
19	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$64,500	$32,240	40
20	Salinas, California	$63,080	$48,600	70
21	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$62,870	$43,660	n/a
22	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$62,200	$35,860	450
23	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$62,130	$38,490	100
24	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$61,540	$43,860	50
25	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$60,910	$53,790	50
26	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$60,750	$44,910	240
27	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$60,660	$50,370	180
28	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$60,580	$42,630	170
29	New Haven, Connecticut	$60,070	$37,130	160
30	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,870	$40,290	650
31	St Louis, Missouri	$59,450	$32,620	270
32	Flint, Michigan	$59,160	$53,420	50
33	Billings, Montana	$58,840	$36,990	40
34	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,010	$45,230	1,500
35	Reading, Pennsylvania	$57,910	$31,730	50
36	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$57,710	$36,490	380
37	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$57,380	$39,290	360
38	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$57,360	$37,950	100
39	Pueblo, Colorado	$56,820	$34,810	110
40	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$56,750	$35,950	50
41	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$56,680	$37,310	930
42	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$56,380	$29,610	100
43	Camden, New Jersey	$56,320	$34,730	180
44	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$56,260	$44,680	n/a
45	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$56,080	$29,800	40
46	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$55,960	$31,090	40
47	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$55,490	$30,020	220
48	Florence, South Carolina	$55,180	$41,110	n/a
49	Stockton, California	$54,570	$49,120	30
50	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$54,510	$34,900	210
51	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$54,450	$36,900	170
52	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$53,840	$31,240	50
53	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$53,770	$31,010	530
54	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$52,970	$40,500	360
55	Wausau, Wisconsin	$52,810	$29,350	n/a
56	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$52,590	$32,280	40
57	Olympia, Washington	$52,240	$38,560	30
58	Nashua, New Hampshire	$52,090	$43,560	n/a
59	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$52,090	$35,480	70
60	Worcester, Massachusetts	$51,880	$33,720	100
61	Honolulu, Hawaii	$51,820	$30,710	200
62	Rochester, New York	$51,390	$38,950	220
63	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$51,280	$33,140	70
64	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$51,260	$39,430	30
65	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$50,950	$32,080	100
66	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$50,940	$39,170	2,510
67	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$50,810	$30,680	100
68	Provo-Orem, Utah	$50,740	$28,340	60
69	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$50,660	$32,250	150
70	Utica-Rome, New York	$50,600	$39,180	80
71	Fresno, California	$50,400	$36,740	150
72	Rapid City, South Dakota	$49,940	$36,660	30
73	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,880	$37,780	650
74	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$49,800	$40,900	100
75	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$49,570	$49,570	40
76	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,530	$33,540	130
77	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$49,490	$32,030	940
78	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$49,080	$37,470	250
79	Anchorage, Alaska	$49,070	$33,470	190
80	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$48,940	$29,470	80
81	Syracuse, New York	$48,890	$37,890	130
82	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$48,860	$42,130	80
83	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$48,840	$29,580	110
84	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$48,710	$35,070	40
85	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$48,700	$40,310	480
86	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$48,610	$35,030	110
87	Madison, Wisconsin	$48,570	$38,320	100
88	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$48,520	$39,270	110
89	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$48,480	$45,210	30
90	Valdosta, Georgia	$48,370	$41,970	n/a
91	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$48,330	$35,510	200
92	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$48,150	$38,110	40
93	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$48,090	$36,590	240
94	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$48,060	$37,680	150
95	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$48,040	$30,320	40
96	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$48,000	$37,420	40
97	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$47,970	$38,580	440
98	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$47,710	$35,250	130
99	Duluth, Wisconsin	$47,650	$39,220	30
100	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$47,600	$35,360	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for hazardous materials removal workers.