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Average Hazardous Materials Removal Workers Salary in North Dakota

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in North Dakota earn a median annual salary of $60,160, which is +21.7% compared to the national median. There are 170 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for North Dakota (state).

$60,160
North Dakota median annual wage
$29/hour median
+21.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $49,450
170
Local employment
0.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.18
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$20,930
25th
$38,720
Median
$60,160
75th
$63,960
90th
$70,130

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in North Dakota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
89.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$67,627
Goods: 95.7%
Services: 73.7%
Rents: 71.4%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
New York $73,090 Compare 4,090
Illinois $61,330 Compare 1,980
Alaska $60,320 Compare 140
District of Columbia $60,240 Compare 50
Washington $60,160 Compare 3,250
Tennessee $60,090 Compare 570

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in North Dakota

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $604,890 2.19
Radiologists $553,140 1.68
Physicians, All Other $454,550 0.78
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $414,060 1.15
Emergency Medicine Physicians $392,890 1.62
General Internal Medicine Physicians $338,400 1.07
Family Medicine Physicians $280,100 0.86
Nurse Anesthetists $244,240 1.73

North Dakota has salary data for 559 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in North Dakota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Hazardous Materials Removal Workers are projected to change by +1.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 5,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.