How much do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers make in Kennewick-Richland, WA?

Percentile spread

For Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $47,910 and the 90th percentile is $120,810. The difference is $72,900, which is 69.7% 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 $56,850 to the 75th at $104,530, covers $47,680.

The mean annual wage is $88,030, which sits below the median of $104,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kennewick-Richland, WA median is 111.4% higher than the national median of $49,450 for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $104,447, which is 111.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 73.8% higher than the Washington median of $60,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kennewick-Richland, WA is 100.079, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $104,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hazardous Materials Removal Workers at $104,447 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. Kennewick-Richland, WA ranks 1st of 6 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).).

• Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 141 miles away, with a median of $49,830 and employment of 250. That median is 52.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,658, against $104,447 here.
• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 144 miles away, with a median of $60,290 and employment of 1,620. That median is 42.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,250, against $104,447 here.
• Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 164 miles away, with a median of $49,950 and employment of 840. That median is 52.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,381, against $104,447 here.

Employment share

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers accounts for 0.56% of wage-and-salary employment in Kennewick-Richland, WA (720 of 129,490). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 16.72 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.