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Hazardous Materials Removal Workers pay in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL and Kennewick-Richland, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers is $45,430 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. It is $104,530 per year in Kennewick-Richland, WA. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is 56.5% below Kennewick-Richland, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-4041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL and 720 in Kennewick-Richland, WA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings
