Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$48,350

National average

Salary Range

$31,810 – $75,200

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$77,300$50,280$88,540
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$76,760$41,870$108,960
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$74,240$48,640$74,240
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$72,380$48,980$102,280
Washington$71,440$49,730$88,520
Napa, CA$70,690$50,870$77,600
Merced, CA$66,690$34,510$66,690
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$65,580$51,670$65,880
Reno, NV$65,440$60,670$82,060
Nevada$65,440$35,350$80,170
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$64,880$49,390$72,320
New York$64,550$41,250$84,390
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$64,530$38,360$87,070
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$64,050$48,670$83,820
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$63,670$38,490$84,390
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$63,560$48,720$72,690
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$63,410$50,850$71,240
Yakima, WA$63,300$45,590$84,740
Modesto, CA$62,960$44,370$92,020
Kennewick-Richland, WA$62,930$53,810$72,190
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,830$34,220$64,440
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$62,710$45,840$74,800
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$62,040$46,950$75,880
Illinois$61,880$36,190$84,570
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$61,860$39,390$74,330
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$61,830$34,180$78,470
Peoria, IL$61,710$35,650$69,520
California$61,650$41,600$93,900
Minnesota$61,630$41,960$70,970
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$61,520$40,030$63,300
Mankato, MN$61,500$48,430$62,120
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$61,350$45,800$72,010
Vallejo, CA$61,270$34,690$75,600
Oregon$61,040$48,880$67,460
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$61,030$34,170$78,440
Barnstable Town, MA$60,970$43,410$71,050
Eugene-Springfield, OR$60,960$46,450$61,110
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$60,940$40,050$70,230
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$60,930$55,870$79,440
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,790$48,260$62,800
Duluth, MN-WI$60,680$36,620$66,230
Colorado$60,610$38,960$73,670
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,590$39,500$68,180
Janesville-Beloit, WI$60,550$56,220$60,550
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$60,530$36,240$73,670
Traverse City, MI$60,510$38,220$75,200
Medford, OR$60,440$55,570$60,440
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$60,400$38,300$75,380
Wisconsin$60,390$35,080$64,440
Walla Walla, WA$60,330$38,980$60,950
Bend, OR$60,210$51,120$62,330
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$60,110$44,330$76,980
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$60,050$47,680$71,820
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$60,020$37,120$78,150
Columbus, IN$59,980$45,230$59,980
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$59,850$33,560$69,890
Saginaw, MI$59,760$46,380$67,410
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$59,680$35,820$77,670
Massachusetts$59,540$39,290$69,840
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$59,490$50,510$65,630
Salem, OR$59,470$46,890$63,760
Greeley, CO$59,430$38,610$65,080
Fort Wayne, IN$59,410$37,660$62,200
Michigan$59,290$34,320$78,040
Indiana$59,260$34,470$69,810
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$59,080$34,920$73,460
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$58,940$47,180$77,840
Albany, OR$58,890$51,400$59,750
Colorado Springs, CO$58,670$37,130$60,750
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$58,620$45,390$65,710
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$58,430$33,210$69,340
Fargo, ND-MN$58,420$35,350$62,210
Stockton-Lodi, CA$58,260$39,680$89,010
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$58,040$36,830$63,710
Bozeman, MT$57,940$46,620$59,160
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$57,870$45,700$65,030
Madison, WI$57,840$35,080$64,890
Evansville, IN$57,720$34,960$66,690
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$57,420$38,460$62,820
St. Cloud, MN$57,400$47,710$61,700
Niles, MI$57,270$37,070$85,430
St. Louis, MO-IL$57,040$33,410$64,150
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$56,860$34,420$64,100
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$56,540$51,890$68,560
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$56,460$39,810$69,560
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$55,600$39,700$72,280
Missoula, MT$55,570$36,190$55,570
Redding, CA$55,380$46,760$61,480
Hawaii$55,330$47,950$68,560
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$55,330$48,300$69,520
Idaho Falls, ID$55,110$38,880$106,820
Ogden, UT$54,870$31,090$61,270
Visalia, CA$54,650$37,870$61,830
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$54,320$48,600$95,820
Midland, TX$54,020$46,200$57,700
District of Columbia$53,870$39,810$74,330
Grand Junction, CO$53,680$36,960$65,350
El Centro, CA$53,510$41,140$66,810
Urban Honolulu, HI$53,500$47,270$65,820
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$53,420$41,600$59,590
Columbus, OH$53,340$36,950$66,950
Toledo, OH$53,320$29,030$69,270
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$53,250$31,360$82,440
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$53,110$32,710$61,880
Ann Arbor, MI$53,040$38,090$76,440
Helena, MT$52,810$31,080$59,100
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$52,580$38,910$63,260
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$52,420$35,730$64,340
Springfield, IL$52,390$34,260$76,530
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$52,330$47,880$58,850
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$52,000$35,930$73,430
Rochester, MN$51,970$36,820$62,890
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$51,920$43,960$73,050
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$51,830$37,680$58,810
Ames, IA$51,730$37,020$64,030
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$51,680$33,360$75,420
Dubuque, IA$51,540$45,800$62,830
Springfield, MA$51,500$32,860$62,700
Lewiston, ID-WA$51,500$37,850$58,340
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$51,450$33,950$71,510
Rhode Island$51,450$33,950$71,510
Fresno, CA$51,290$42,630$79,190
Iowa City, IA$51,270$38,390$65,560
Montana$51,230$35,690$58,820
Cleveland, OH$51,220$37,780$62,820
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$51,220$37,600$58,740
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$51,140$32,500$72,620
Omaha, NE-IA$51,010$36,250$59,720
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$51,010$38,060$65,820
Rochester, NY$50,810$35,810$72,060
Green Bay, WI$50,790$31,550$71,080
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$50,740$32,040$60,600
Utah$50,720$31,230$61,270
New Jersey$50,700$36,560$71,910
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,700$32,970$66,170
North Dakota$50,440$36,190$66,930
Chambersburg, PA$50,410$23,650$63,250
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$50,360$38,400$72,840
Sebring, FL$50,350$33,250$57,260
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$50,200$35,390$61,220
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$50,180$34,130$60,170
Columbia, MO$50,180$37,670$55,410
Huntsville, AL$50,170$35,780$63,260
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$50,140$39,210$61,150
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,140$31,500$61,500
Boise City, ID$50,110$31,350$55,770
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$50,030$40,080$60,150
Ithaca, NY$49,820$38,040$60,600
Grand Forks, ND-MN$49,770$44,880$66,930
Cedar Rapids, IA$49,760$38,430$61,990
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$49,660$36,970$56,620
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$49,340$33,880$62,880
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$49,310$31,500$61,380
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$49,290$31,200$59,170
Vermont$49,200$39,690$60,340
Waco, TX$49,160$42,370$61,510
Jackson, TN$49,150$23,470$59,160
Terre Haute, IN$49,130$30,640$59,660
Joplin, MO-KS$49,050$29,540$58,740
Canton-Massillon, OH$49,020$28,080$60,320
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$49,010$36,190$65,420
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$49,000$31,560$59,720
Mansfield, OH$48,990$41,600$81,830
Mobile, AL$48,850$34,200$62,260
Iowa$48,830$37,340$63,040
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$48,800$37,210$60,430
Ohio$48,730$32,270$62,880
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$48,690$38,630$58,050
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,680$34,320$72,640
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$48,650$39,640$59,630
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$48,520$37,350$60,380
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$48,440$37,440$61,200
St. Joseph, MO-KS$48,420$36,750$59,050
Youngstown-Warren, OH$48,410$31,950$58,430
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,350$34,320$59,820
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$48,300$30,040$56,330
Auburn-Opelika, AL$48,290$35,910$61,280
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$48,220$34,960$64,140
York-Hanover, PA$48,210$23,960$58,920
Idaho$48,200$34,940$58,220
Coeur d'Alene, ID$48,200$38,380$61,570
Richmond, VA$48,180$29,930$58,560
Bismarck, ND$48,090$36,490$63,390
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$48,090$31,200$56,910
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$48,060$32,350$78,870
Warner Robins, GA$48,040$28,310$59,140
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$48,020$36,190$62,770
Wyoming$47,970$32,860$59,090
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$47,930$33,400$59,910
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$47,910$33,970$56,370
Chico, CA$47,890$40,040$84,480
Tuscaloosa, AL$47,740$34,530$61,200
Pocatello, ID$47,720$36,420$56,280
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$47,620$37,200$56,520
Corpus Christi, TX$47,620$31,470$55,690
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,590$36,920$59,490
Worcester, MA$47,530$38,850$63,550
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$47,500$30,750$50,090
Nebraska$47,490$30,560$60,660
Raleigh-Cary, NC$47,420$31,270$55,910
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$47,410$35,040$58,190
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$47,370$33,510$59,640
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,330$26,760$61,270
Lincoln, NE$47,320$33,400$60,790
State College, PA$47,290$33,220$57,530
Naples-Marco Island, FL$47,230$38,160$55,250
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$47,200$35,120$59,090
Flint, MI$47,120$30,360$73,890
Lexington-Fayette, KY$47,120$31,200$57,210
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$47,110$29,850$60,410
Dalton, GA$47,090$31,560$59,650
Elizabethtown, KY$47,080$32,290$49,550
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$47,050$37,100$59,110
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$47,050$39,040$57,280
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,020$36,470$58,190
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$47,010$37,170$60,700
Akron, OH$46,970$27,330$63,700
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$46,960$32,520$59,200
Delaware$46,950$34,830$61,470
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$46,950$34,890$58,110
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$46,890$28,060$66,860
Florida$46,890$32,710$62,030
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$46,860$37,960$52,070
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$46,860$31,230$52,520
Binghamton, NY$46,830$31,200$75,460
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,820$36,050$59,780
Santa Fe, NM$46,810$38,240$51,280
New Mexico$46,810$34,790$58,110
Sherman-Denison, TX$46,790$28,790$47,170
Missouri$46,760$31,440$60,330
Winchester, VA-WV$46,750$29,000$54,180
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$46,720$34,560$60,230
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,690$27,800$61,350
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$46,640$36,730$61,030
Birmingham, AL$46,630$34,750$62,250
Portland-South Portland, ME$46,540$34,130$53,830
Lynchburg, VA$46,490$37,030$51,490
Yuma, AZ$46,490$31,370$59,230
Jacksonville, FL$46,450$37,090$59,080
Punta Gorda, FL$46,380$37,430$59,720
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$46,310$33,960$60,970
Wichita, KS$46,310$30,240$58,630
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,280$30,090$50,440
Port St. Lucie, FL$46,240$32,630$60,260
New Haven, CT$46,220$34,370$62,200
Pueblo, CO$46,220$39,090$61,890
Harrisonburg, VA$46,200$31,810$56,480
Virginia$46,080$28,800$60,700
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$46,040$35,190$62,970
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$45,930$36,260$62,400
Wilmington, NC$45,890$26,850$53,120
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$45,820$37,380$70,860
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,820$29,530$53,860
Albany, GA$45,770$29,960$56,870
Connecticut$45,760$34,350$61,830
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$45,760$34,320$60,930
Texas$45,710$32,870$56,360
Victoria, TX$45,650$31,940$50,370
Valdosta, GA$45,640$28,070$63,760
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$45,570$34,450$59,190
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$45,480$32,870$55,380
Odessa, TX$45,350$37,370$58,490
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,340$29,010$57,490
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$45,140$27,090$60,810
Albuquerque, NM$45,130$35,730$56,140
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$45,110$35,060$72,840
Tyler, TX$45,100$34,930$53,930
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$45,050$24,270$58,970
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$45,020$30,430$59,600
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,960$35,970$56,480
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$44,950$29,590$58,990
Oklahoma City, OK$44,920$31,630$56,090
Lima, OH$44,880$30,750$56,850
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$44,730$33,360$60,970
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$44,610$33,690$59,880
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$44,560$29,410$59,790
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,360$30,770$58,750
Ocala, FL$44,260$36,330$57,180
Asheville, NC$44,220$26,790$54,200
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$44,150$37,480$71,230
Kansas City, MO-KS$44,130$28,560$59,750
Gainesville, FL$44,070$26,320$54,970
Spartanburg, SC$44,000$28,590$57,720
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$43,900$36,100$62,340
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$43,780$27,050$62,740
Roanoke, VA$43,680$31,460$51,020
Manchester-Nashua, NH$43,330$36,320$57,400
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$43,300$30,020$56,570
Decatur, AL$43,230$31,360$58,310
Maine$43,220$33,020$51,540
Tallahassee, FL$43,190$34,410$56,280
Amarillo, TX$43,050$36,840$48,890
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$43,040$30,220$57,970
Georgia$43,000$30,300$60,480
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$42,960$34,330$53,680
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$42,920$36,360$59,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$42,900$33,950$78,820
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$42,890$30,290$49,860
Lexington Park, MD$42,880$31,200$56,130
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$42,760$33,240$58,030
Homosassa Springs, FL$42,730$30,010$60,320
New Hampshire$42,690$34,380$58,680
Pennsylvania$42,690$24,960$63,040
Kansas$42,540$28,390$57,090
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$42,300$31,720$56,600
Greensboro-High Point, NC$42,000$34,050$51,910
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$41,820$30,060$59,060
Champaign-Urbana, IL$41,590$33,440$66,550
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$41,580$26,060$60,760
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$41,470$24,960$48,550
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$41,440$36,580$50,260
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$41,430$34,320$50,350
Columbia, SC$41,330$23,470$50,770
Wichita Falls, TX$41,310$35,500$51,020
Syracuse, NY$41,250$32,270$55,980
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$41,100$31,300$55,730
Topeka, KS$40,800$26,520$59,620
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$40,580$27,350$58,340
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$40,580$29,120$59,560
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$40,540$32,500$53,180
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$40,530$31,170$51,280
North Carolina$40,500$24,310$55,780
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$40,490$29,760$54,780
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$40,380$29,120$52,000
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$40,300$32,440$58,100
Lawton, OK$40,120$31,170$45,170
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$40,110$32,860$48,810
Killeen-Temple, TX$40,090$33,890$48,720
Maryland$40,080$34,170$60,110
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$40,060$29,340$58,710
Burlington, NC$40,030$27,950$56,670
Winston-Salem, NC$39,950$26,570$52,950
Pittsburgh, PA$39,870$23,960$59,780
Alabama$39,850$28,970$60,890
Jonesboro, AR$39,730$28,740$50,410
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$39,700$27,800$46,040
Greenville, NC$39,700$22,870$60,080
Reading, PA$39,680$24,400$62,010
Arizona$39,650$33,950$65,750
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$39,390$31,150$45,800
Utica-Rome, NY$39,350$31,200$59,600
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$39,350$27,630$60,250
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$39,220$30,540$50,610
Springfield, MO$39,140$30,090$58,680
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$39,110$36,330$61,530
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$39,100$33,590$55,920
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,070$25,320$49,000
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$38,960$30,410$43,780
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$38,960$28,100$51,340
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,960$28,930$49,920
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$38,930$32,140$48,090
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$38,930$28,880$58,520
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$38,650$31,190$53,250
Tennessee$38,570$26,720$59,160
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$38,540$24,960$60,170
Longview, TX$38,520$27,290$51,030
Lubbock, TX$38,510$29,520$47,930
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$38,430$28,390$45,940
Lancaster, PA$38,390$24,230$64,040
Jacksonville, NC$38,300$31,160$45,690
Laredo, TX$38,270$31,060$45,020
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,240$24,890$50,770
Knoxville, TN$38,220$21,460$60,120
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$38,190$32,500$49,990
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$37,980$35,060$64,000
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,850$31,200$61,640
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,850$24,880$53,240
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$37,780$32,420$57,240
Fayetteville, NC$37,700$26,780$46,760
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,690$33,400$59,400
Baton Rouge, LA$37,640$28,480$57,410
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,440$29,250$48,910
South Carolina$37,380$22,260$51,130
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,280$27,930$57,520
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,250$29,180$54,140
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,230$23,170$47,630
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$37,180$29,520$46,070
Charleston, WV$37,150$24,370$46,940
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$37,040$28,450$50,010
Bowling Green, KY$37,010$25,780$49,300
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$37,010$18,790$48,530
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$37,000$26,910$50,890
Morristown, TN$37,000$29,710$48,570
Kentucky$36,930$22,980$56,720
Louisiana$36,890$26,290$51,950
College Station-Bryan, TX$36,870$29,820$48,720
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$36,860$26,060$48,190
Tucson, AZ$36,850$35,680$56,060
Tulsa, OK$36,850$30,320$47,070
Oklahoma$36,850$30,220$55,290
Alaska$36,830$31,060$78,860
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$36,830$30,330$55,070
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$36,820$23,760$48,400
Hattiesburg, MS$36,820$27,800$45,760
Hot Springs, AR$36,790$30,260$40,710
Bangor, ME$36,760$33,800$45,780
Arkansas$36,640$27,820$50,230
West Virginia$36,630$26,000$52,050
Charlottesville, VA$36,630$29,330$59,390
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$36,620$21,660$46,440
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$36,450$24,490$49,360
Wheeling, WV-OH$36,430$26,270$47,540
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$36,320$28,930$46,610
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$36,310$30,330$39,320
Fort Smith, AR-OK$36,300$27,680$44,210
El Paso, TX$36,190$36,190$44,990
Mississippi$36,070$27,230$51,190
Jackson, MS$36,070$28,890$51,190
Lake Charles, LA$35,990$26,810$60,090
Las Cruces, NM$35,980$31,330$49,350
Chattanooga, TN-GA$35,950$28,670$51,730
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,920$29,040$44,010
Anchorage, AK$35,810$31,060$78,860
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,720$27,820$39,420
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,680$20,800$48,230
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,660$28,890$46,630
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$35,650$34,350$60,800
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$35,630$31,190$45,620
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,540$27,360$38,090
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$35,490$28,200$48,080
Florence, SC$35,370$27,130$44,720
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,360$18,210$46,270
Erie, PA$35,260$34,960$62,930
Alexandria, LA$35,180$24,210$47,500
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,160$29,040$45,250
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,150$25,650$47,170
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,130$29,040$45,470
Cleveland, TN$35,070$21,190$58,730
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,050$29,440$47,150
Altoona, PA$34,970$22,220$58,750
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,960$26,570$46,690
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,960$23,030$45,940
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,900$21,280$51,190
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$34,780$20,060$48,400
Lafayette, LA$34,680$29,300$58,240
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$34,320$29,610$61,220
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,230$25,670$47,540
Williamsport, PA$34,140$20,800$47,220
Columbus, GA-AL$34,100$30,500$46,780
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$33,880$25,560$57,150
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$33,840$22,380$43,730
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$33,800$25,630$39,450
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$33,580$28,260$45,500
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$33,580$22,980$51,040
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$33,440$27,160$54,120
Texarkana, TX-AR$33,420$26,450$42,110
Monroe, LA$33,420$23,830$47,440
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$33,400$27,770$47,300
South Dakota$33,030$27,830$46,590
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$33,010$20,800$46,130
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$32,870$27,950$46,590
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$32,720$25,720$50,790
Dothan, AL$32,550$29,660$50,610
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$32,550$24,560$55,220
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$31,910$22,660$44,990
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$31,780$23,680$45,710
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$31,170$22,260$50,570
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$30,510$23,630$45,910
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$30,370$25,790$45,520
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$30,230$27,660$46,270
Rapid City, SD$30,130$24,710$43,920
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$30,110$21,130$45,260
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$29,980$20,780$45,700
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$29,890$24,960$47,600
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,600$25,980$40,970
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,260$20,480$46,750
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,010$22,020$48,400
Montgomery, AL$28,970$28,970$49,470
Johnson City, TN$28,370$24,450$44,440
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,240$27,720$47,540
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$27,040$20,420$47,710
Rocky Mount, NC$25,520$23,940$26,100
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$23,970$18,210$51,050
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$23,730$18,080$46,470
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$23,310$21,240$43,330
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$23,290$18,100$37,370
Arecibo, PR$21,620$19,760$21,990
Ponce, PR$21,090$19,760$24,960
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$19,760$19,760$26,160
Puerto Rico$19,760$19,760$24,490
Aguadilla, PR$19,760$19,760$30,300
Guayama, PR$19,760$19,760$21,050
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$19,760$19,760$19,760

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors make?▾

The median annual salary for a Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors is $48,350, with a typical range of $31,810 – $75,200 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors?▾

Entry-level Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors positions typically start around $31,810 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectorss earn the most?▾

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.