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Hazardous Materials Removal Workers pay in Kennewick-Richland, WA and Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers is $104,530 per year in Kennewick-Richland, WA. It is $44,200 per year in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL. Kennewick-Richland, WA is 136.5% above Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 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 720 wage and salary jobs in Kennewick-Richland, WA and 40 in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL. 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