How much do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers make in Knoxville, TN?

Percentile spread

For Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $40,230 and the 90th percentile is $113,050. The difference is $72,820, which is 96.7% 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 $59,660 to the 75th at $90,200, covers $30,540.

The mean annual wage is $76,130, which sits above the median of $75,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Knoxville, TN median is 52.2% higher than the national median of $49,450 for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,323, which is 64.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 25.3% higher than the Tennessee median of $60,090.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Knoxville, TN is 92.569, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,280 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hazardous Materials Removal Workers at $81,323 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. Knoxville, TN ranks 1st of 8 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).).

• Chattanooga, TN-GA is 97 miles away, with a median of $59,140 and employment of 50. That median is 21.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,659, against $81,323 here.
• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 135 miles away, with a median of $46,600 and employment of 80. That median is 38.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,968, against $81,323 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 145 miles away, with a median of $59,220 and employment of 130. That median is 21.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,471, against $81,323 here.

Employment share

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Knoxville, TN (230 of 424,600). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.63 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.