Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

This post summarizes key statistics on Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 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	14,660
25	32,412
30	34,023
35	36,650
40	36,733
45	36,650
50	44,229
55	41,197
60	40,316
65	27,009

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	22.1
High School Degree	49.8
Some College, No Degree	17.9
Associate's Degree	4.4
Bachelor's Degree	5.0
Master's Degree	0.6
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.1
PhD	0.1

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	11.30
20-39	13.80
39-41	55.20
41-50	12.30
50-60	5.40
More than 60	2.00

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
71.20	36,650	Sanitary services
5.10	28,838	Scrap and waste materials
1.70	45,363	General government, n.e.c.
1.40	24,849	Services to dwellings and other buildings
1.10	43,216	All construction
1.10	24,718	Groceries and related products
1.00	26,877	Grocery stores
1.00	28,352	Personnel supply services
0.90	39,692	Bakery products
0.90	6,109	Beverage industries

This table highlights the top industries people working as Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
94.10	No 4-Year Degree	34,023
0.60	Business Management and Administration	16,479
0.50	Psychology	32,412
0.50	General Business	87,544
0.40	Criminal Justice and Fire Protection	128,740
0.30	Biology	54,975
0.30	Marketing and Marketing Research	42,759
0.20	Communications	158,769
0.20	Miscellaneous Engineering	51,033
0.20	Accounting	61,083

This table highlights the top majors people working as Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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