SOC 47-4041 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $49,830. The 10th percentile is $41,670 and the 90th percentile is $66,460. Employment is 250.
Median annual wage
$49,830
- 10th percentile
- $41,670
- 25th percentile
- $46,740
- Median
- $49,830
- 75th percentile
- $57,480
- 90th percentile
- $66,460
- Mean
- $53,780
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $41,670 and the 90th percentile is $66,460. The difference is $24,790, which is 49.7% 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 $46,740 to the 75th at $57,480, covers $10,740.
The mean annual wage is $53,780, which sits above the median of $49,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 0.8% higher than the national median of $49,450 for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,658, which is 0.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 17.2% lower than the Washington median of $60,160.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $49,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hazardous Materials Removal Workers at $49,658 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. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 5th 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).).
- Kennewick-Richland, WA is 141 miles away, with a median of $104,530 and employment of 720. That median is 109.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $104,447, against $49,658 here.
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 193 miles away, with a median of $57,840 and employment of 30. That median is 16.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,461, against $49,658 here.
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $60,290 and employment of 1,620. That median is 21% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,250, against $49,658 here.
Employment share
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (250 of 255,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.94 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA · Hazardous Materials Removal Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Hazardous Materials Removal Workers make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $49,830. The 10th percentile is $41,670 and the 90th percentile is $66,460. Employment is 250.
How does that compare with the national median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers?
The local median is 0.8% higher than the national median of $49,450.
What is Hazardous Materials Removal Workers pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $49,830 is $49,658. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA compare with nearby metros for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers?
Kennewick-Richland, WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 141 miles away, at $104,530. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 5th of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.