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Explosives Worker, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Salary in the Industry of Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

The salary statistics and trend of explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in the industry of highway, street, and bridge construction are shown in the following tables and chart. In Table 3 we compare explosives worker, ordnance handling experts, and blasters salaries in different industries within the construction sector.

Table 1. Average Annual Salary

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$33,630
25th Percentile Wage	$37,900
50th Percentile Wage	$54,410
75th Percentile Wage	$67,450
90th Percentile Wage	$79,590

Table 1 shows the average annual salaries for explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in the industry of highway, street, and bridge construction. The salaries are shown in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters is $79,590. The median annual salary (50th percentile) is $54,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters is $33,630.

Salary Trend (2012 to 2017)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in the industry of Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction from 2012 to 2017. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2017.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	5-Year Growth
2017	$54,410	0.00%	0.00%
2012	$54,410	-	-

Table 3. Compare Explosives Worker, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Salary in Different Industries within the Construction Sector

The average salaries of explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in six industries within the construction sector are shown in Table 3. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2017. For salary information of explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Industry	Median Annual Salary
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$73,320
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$65,500
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	$54,410
Other Specialty Trade Contractors	$50,410
Specialty Trade Contractors	$49,380
Utility System Construction	$48,430

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