How much do remediation technicians make in 2026?
Remediation technicians fall inside the BLS hazardous materials removal workers series, where OEWS May 2025 reports a national median of $49,450 a year ($23.78 an hour) for SOC 47-4041, a bottom 10% near $38,460 and a top 10% at $82,410 across 51,710 workers. That series is shared with our asbestos abatement worker, hazmat technician and hazardous materials specialist pages, and it pools every kind of contaminated-site field work into one number. Within that pool, remediation splits into two quite different jobs that pay differently. Excavation and disposal support — loading contaminated soil, managing stockpiles, running decontamination — is physically demanding, weather-dependent and paid near the lower half of the band. Operation and maintenance of active treatment systems is not: soil vapour extraction, air sparging, pump-and-treat and in-situ injection systems need someone who can read the process data, adjust the system, troubleshoot blowers, pumps and carbon vessels, and keep a compliance record. That skill set is scarce, it is needed for years rather than weeks, and it is where remediation technicians reach the upper part of the band. Employment is projected to grow 1% through 2034 with roughly 5,000 openings a year. → Full remediation technician career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $49,450 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Remediation Technicians earn a national median $49,450/yr ($23.78/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 47-4041); the P10 to P90 range is $38,460 to $82,410.
- Remediation splits into excavation support, paid near the lower half of the $38,460 to $82,410 band, and treatment system operation and maintenance, which reaches the upper part of it.
- System O&M skills — vapour extraction, sparging, pump-and-treat, injection — are scarce, needed for years at a time and directly responsible for the pay difference.
- Excavation-led work is weather-dependent and project-driven, so annual earnings for that side of the job depend as much on how continuous the work is as on the hourly rate.
US Remediation Technician Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do remediation technicians earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 47-4041; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 47-4041, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a remediation technician earn at each career stage?
Remediation pay follows whether you operate the system or only support the dig. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 47-4041.
By State
Which states pay remediation technicians the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the national hazardous materials removal median scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. Remediation demand is driven by a state's inventory of contaminated sites and the strength of its cleanup programme, which does not correspond neatly to its general wage level.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($56,870), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay remediation technicians the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations. Long-running remediation programmes cluster around former industrial corridors and fuel terminals rather than around city centres.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a remediation technician’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does remediation technician pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Remediation Technicians sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify remediation technician wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a remediation technician actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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