Hazardous Materials Removal Workers

This post summarizes key statistics on Hazardous Materials Removal Workers using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	27,009
25	41,403
30	42,759
35	46,346
40	51,495
45	56,646
50	57,675
55	44,802
60	54,020
65	52,532

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	14.6
High School Degree	42.3
Some College, No Degree	24.0
Associate's Degree	7.5
Bachelor's Degree	10.2
Master's Degree	1.2
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.0
PhD	0.2

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	5.50
20-39	12.80
39-41	60.50
41-50	12.70
50-60	4.40
More than 60	4.00

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
33.60	48,866	Sanitary services
14.60	38,893	Hospitals
14.30	48,617	All construction
4.70	56,704	Trucking service
2.40	43,216	Engineering, architectural, and surveying services
1.90	51,392	Services to dwellings and other buildings
1.80	60,868	National security and international affairs
1.70	72,094	Administration of environmental quality and housing programs
1.50	79,408	Electric light and power
1.50	25,655	Health services, n.e.c.

This table highlights the top industries people working as Hazardous Materials Removal Workers work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
88.40	No 4-Year Degree	45,363
1.70	Environmental Science	53,968
0.90	General Business	37,076
0.90	Business Management and Administration	63,527
0.60	Biology	79,385
0.50	Theology and Religious Vocations	60,868
0.50	Geology and Earth Science	54,585
0.50	Criminal Justice and Fire Protection	77,244
0.40	Computer Science	71,446
0.40	Humanities	16,205

This table highlights the top majors people working as Hazardous Materials Removal Workers received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Hazardous Materials Removal Workers. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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