Home › Best cities › Hazmat Removal Worker

Best cities for hazmat removal workers

Rank every metro by what matters to you: pay, buying power, rent and job market

Best cities for hazmat removal workers, balanced Our calculation

With balanced priorities, Knoxville, TN ranks first for hazmat removal workers: $75,280 median pay worth $81,323 after local prices. We ranked the 133 metros with enough published hazmat removal worker data on pay, buying power, rent burden, job market size and unemployment.

  1. 1
    KnoxvilleTENNESSEE · TN · $75,280 median · $81,323 buying power · rent 18% of pay · 230 jobs
    93
  2. 2
    AmarilloTEXAS · TX · $77,580 median · $84,491 buying power · rent 14% of pay · 120 jobs
    91
  3. 3
    St. LouisMISSOURI · MO · $67,010 median · $70,472 buying power · rent 20% of pay · 300 jobs
    88
  4. 4
    KennewickWASHINGTON · WA · $104,530 median · $104,447 buying power · rent 14% of pay · 720 jobs
    86
  5. 5
    AlbanyNEW YORK · NY · $60,390 median · $60,653 buying power · rent 28% of pay · 310 jobs
    84
  6. 6
    BuffaloNEW YORK · NY · $59,700 median · $62,289 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 350 jobs
    83
  7. 7
    UticaNEW YORK · NY · $59,440 median · $64,136 buying power · rent 19% of pay · 120 jobs
    82
  8. 8
    Warner RobinsGEORGIA · GA · $61,170 median · $65,221 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 50 jobs
    81
  9. 9
    AlbuquerqueNEW MEXICO · NM · $55,420 median · $58,003 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 320 jobs
    79
  10. 10
    MinneapolisMINNESOTA · MN · $59,160 median · $56,439 buying power · rent 29% of pay · 560 jobs
    79
  11. 11
    BillingsMONTANA · MT · $56,700 median · $60,625 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 80 jobs
    79
  12. 12
    BinghamtonNEW YORK · NY · $62,090 median · $66,862 buying power · rent 18% of pay · 50 jobs
    78
  13. 13
    ChattanoogaTENNESSEE · TN · $59,140 median · $64,659 buying power · rent 25% of pay · 50 jobs
    78
  14. 14
    SyracuseNEW YORK · NY · $54,870 median · $57,310 buying power · rent 26% of pay · 190 jobs
    77
  15. 15
    Sioux FallsSOUTH DAKOTA · SD · $52,670 median · $58,115 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 70 jobs
    77

Default weights: buying power 4, pay 3, rent 3, job market 2, unemployment 2. Change them below to re-rank.

Top 5 by each factor Government data

Highest pay

  1. Kennewick, WA: $104,530
  2. Pueblo, CO: $79,260
  3. Amarillo, TX: $77,580
  4. Knoxville, TN: $75,280
  5. New York, NY: $74,060

Most buying power

  1. Kennewick, WA: $104,447
  2. Pueblo, CO: $86,376
  3. Amarillo, TX: $84,491
  4. Knoxville, TN: $81,323
  5. St. Louis, MO: $70,472

Lowest rent burden

  1. Amarillo, TX: 14% of pay for a 1-bed
  2. Kennewick, WA: 14% of pay for a 1-bed
  3. Pueblo, CO: 15% of pay for a 1-bed
  4. Knoxville, TN: 18% of pay for a 1-bed
  5. Binghamton, NY: 18% of pay for a 1-bed

Most jobs

  1. New York, NY: 3,770 employed
  2. Los Angeles, CA: 2,470 employed
  3. Boston, MA: 1,980 employed
  4. Seattle, WA: 1,620 employed
  5. Chicago, IL: 1,580 employed

See every metro on the hazmat removal worker overview.

What matters to you? Our calculation

Pick a quick start or set your own weights. Each metro gets a percentile for every factor (compared with all metros for this trade), weighted by your sliders. Nothing is estimated: a metro needs at least 4 of the 5 figures published to be ranked, and results show when one is missing.

Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS May 2025. Buying power: BEA 2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. How we calculate

How the ranking works →

Top