How much do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers make in Bellingham, WA?

Percentile spread

For Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $44,230 and the 90th percentile is $75,670. The difference is $31,440, which is 52.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $48,760 to the 75th at $63,580, covers $14,820.

The mean annual wage is $60,010, which sits above the median of $59,720. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bellingham, WA median is 20.8% higher than the national median of $49,450 for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,793, which is 16.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.7% lower than the Washington median of $60,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bellingham, WA is 103.334, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,720 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hazardous Materials Removal Workers at $57,793 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. Bellingham, WA ranks 2nd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 24 miles away, with a median of $57,840 and employment of 30. That median is 3.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,461, against $57,793 here.
• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 93 miles away, with a median of $60,290 and employment of 1,620. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,250, against $57,793 here.
• Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA is 140 miles away, with a median of $48,460 and employment of 70. That median is 18.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,744, against $57,793 here.

Employment share

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Bellingham, WA (40 of 91,390). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.32 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.