How much do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Percentile spread

For Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $45,330 and the 90th percentile is $97,160. The difference is $51,830, which is 84.5% 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 $48,910 to the 75th at $75,890, covers $26,980.

The mean annual wage is $65,400, which sits above the median of $61,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 24% higher than the national median of $49,450 for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $59,202, which is 19.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Illinois median of $61,330.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Illinois, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 103.595, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hazardous Materials Removal Workers at $59,202 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 1st of 9 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).).

• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 80 miles away, with a median of $48,240 and employment of 180. That median is 21.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,764, against $59,202 here.
• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 123 miles away, with a median of $45,650 and employment of 60. That median is 25.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,134, against $59,202 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 137 miles away, with a median of $45,380 and employment of 120. That median is 26% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,495, against $59,202 here.

Employment share

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (1,580 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.05 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.