What are the main factors that influence a Sanitation Worker's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change A Sanitation Worker's salary?

A Sanitation Worker's salary grows with experience: a Janitor I (0-1 years)earns $37,301, a Sanitation Worker (1-3 years)earns $41,716, a Janitor III (3-5 years)earns $46,203, a Janitorial Supervisor (5+ years)earns $49,743, a Janitorial Manager (5+ years)earns $78,035,

What are the highest paying states for a Sanitation Worker?

Sanitation Worker salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Sanitation Worker roles are District of Columbia $45,865, California $45,691, Massachusetts $45,082. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Sanitation Worker roles make?

Salaries for Sanitation Worker level roles vary by specialization: Sanitation Manager: $106,886; Sanitation Officer: $56,863; Sanitation Driver: $52,775; Sanitation Supervisor: $51,806; Sanitation Associate: $40,274.

How do different companies affect a Sanitation Worker's salary?

Company size, industry, and compensation structure create significant salary variations for Sanitation Worker roles. Large, established industry leaders like C R Bard Inc ($128,509) and Henry Schein Canada ($124,697) offer base salaries 35-40% above the national average. In contrast, smaller firms or startups may offer closer to $82,041.

Sanitation Worker Salary in the United States

How much does a Sanitation Worker make in the United States?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Sanitation Worker in the United States is $41,424 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $20.

However, a Sanitation Worker's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $48,572
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $37,231 to $45,166
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $33,413

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Sanitation Worker Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$45,166	$3,764	$869	$22
Average	$41,424	$3,452	$797	$20
25th Percentile	$37,231	$3,103	$716	$18

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Key Factors That Influence Sanitation Worker Salaries

A Sanitation Worker's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Sanitation Worker Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Sanitation Worker's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $37,301
Early Career (1-2 years): $41,716
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $46,203
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $49,743
Expert (over 8 years): $78,035

Levels	Salary
Janitor I... Level Sanitation Worker	$37,301
Sanitatio... Level Sanitation Worker	$41,716
Janitor I... Level Sanitation Worker	$46,203
Janitoria... Level Sanitation Worker	$49,743
Janitoria... Level Sanitation Worker	$78,035

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How Do Sanitation Worker Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Sanitation Workers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $45,865.
California: $45,691.
Massachusetts: $45,082.

District of Columbia $45,865 California $45,691 Massachusetts $45,082 Washington $44,916 New Jersey $44,900 Alaska $44,842 Connecticut $44,270 New York $44,038

Hawaii $43,297 Rhode Island $42,949 Maryland $42,713 Minnesota $42,390 Colorado $42,265 Illinois $42,224 Oregon $42,066 Delaware $41,950

New Hampshire $41,878 Virginia $41,714 Pennsylvania $41,238 Nevada $40,998 North Dakota $40,919 Michigan $40,795 Wisconsin $40,749 Vermont $40,658

Texas $40,405 Maine $40,389 Arizona $40,364 Ohio $40,335 Georgia $39,954 Indiana $39,763 Wyoming $39,726 Utah $39,668

Iowa $39,643 Kansas $39,444 Louisiana $39,386 North Carolina $39,366 Missouri $39,357 Florida $39,196 Montana $39,109 Nebraska $39,026

Kentucky $38,980 South Carolina $38,815 Tennessee $38,711 Idaho $38,670 New Mexico $38,367 Oklahoma $38,301 Alabama $38,057 South Dakota $37,646

Arkansas $37,423 West Virginia $37,303 Mississippi $36,942

Top Paying Cities for Sanitation Workers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

San Jose: $52,249
San Francisco: $51,735
Oakland: $50,587

San Jose, CA $52,249

San Francisco, CA $51,735

Oakland, CA $50,587

New York, NY $48,007

Queens Village, NY $47,696

Paramus, NJ $47,365

Passaic, NJ $47,323

Bergenfield, NJ $47,282

Stamford, CT $47,220

Huntington, NY $47,178

Newark, NJ $46,909

Bridgeport, CT $46,826

New Brunswick, NJ $46,689

Vallejo, CA $46,602

Middlesex, NJ $46,578

Somerset, NJ $46,540

Petaluma, CA $46,445

Santa Cruz, CA $46,283

Boston, MA $46,201

Monterey, CA $45,994

Fairbanks, AK $45,965

Los Angeles, CA $45,886

Washington, DC $45,865

Seattle, WA $45,791

Santa Rosa, CA $45,782

Juneau, AK $45,662

Orange, CA $45,525

Anchorage, AK $45,451

Anaheim, CA $45,422

Santa Ana, CA $45,360

Nassau, NY $45,335

Long Beach, CA $45,318

Danbury, CT $45,306

Santa Maria, CA $45,165

Everett, WA $45,157

Bremerton, WA $44,954

Trenton, NJ $44,875

Sacramento, CA $44,858

San Diego, CA $44,838

Brockton, MA $44,821

Tacoma, WA $44,805

Santa Barbara, CA $44,747

Lowell, MA $44,581

New Suffolk, NY $44,564

Nashua, NH $44,515

Lompoc, CA $44,448

Ventura, CA $44,407

Stockton, CA $44,395

New Haven, CT $44,312

Atlantic City, NJ $44,204

Hartford, CT $44,113

Modesto, CA $44,092

Poughkeepsie, NY $44,001

New Britain, CT $43,980

Olympia, WA $43,922

Kennewick, WA $43,922

New London, CT $43,914

Norwich, CT $43,902

Lawrence, MA $43,881

Bakersfield, CA $43,765

Riverside, CA $43,707

New Bedford, MA $43,707

Richland, WA $43,665

Portsmouth, NH $43,632

Vineland, NJ $43,624

San Bernardino, CA $43,591

Boulder, CO $43,475

Worcester, MA $43,442

Portland, OR $43,404

Saint Paul, MN $43,355

Minneapolis, MN $43,355

Philadelphia, PA $43,297

Honolulu, HI $43,077

Springfield, MA $42,932

Providence, RI $42,928

Chicago, IL $42,808

Bellingham, WA $42,758

Baltimore, MD $42,713

Chico, CA $42,609

Wilmington, DE $42,539

Pittsfield, MA $42,497

Manchester, NH $42,419

Spokane, WA $42,236

Denver, CO $42,232

Albany, NY $42,037

Troy, NY $42,021

Schenectady, NY $41,934

Burlington, VT $41,843

Portland, ME $41,698

Salem, OR $41,665

Yakima, WA $41,656

Ann Arbor, MI $41,644

Rochester, MN $41,528

Fresno, CA $41,507

Reno, NV $41,507

Milwaukee, WI $41,470

Detroit, MI $41,429

Allentown, PA $41,416

Carson City, NV $41,412

Houston, TX $41,350

Colorado Springs, CO $41,346

Syracuse, NY $41,325

Eugene, OR $41,246

Bismarck, ND $41,197

Gary, IN $41,197

Galveston, TX $41,197

Springfield, OR $41,163

Medford, OR $41,064

Fort Collins, CO $41,047

Austin, TX $41,014

Mesa, AZ $40,927

Phoenix, AZ $40,919

Dallas, TX $40,907

Reading, PA $40,882

Saint Cloud, MN $40,865

Concord, NH $40,828

Madison, WI $40,811

Utica, NY $40,699

Raleigh, NC $40,666

Las Vegas, NV $40,662

Rochester, NY $40,633

Des Moines, IA $40,629

Atlanta, GA $40,563

Battle Creek, MI $40,550

Salt Lake City, UT $40,538

Lancaster, PA $40,476

Champaign, IL $40,467

Harrisburg, PA $40,418

Durham, NC $40,381

Kansas City, MO $40,376

Kansas City, KS $40,368

Fort Worth, TX $40,364

Boca Raton, FL $40,347

Cleveland, OH $40,343

Columbus, OH $40,335

Pittsburgh, PA $40,331

Richmond, VA $40,314

Indianapolis, IN $40,306

Cincinnati, OH $40,252

Petersburg, VA $40,190

Billings, MT $40,099

Lansing, MI $40,099

Huntsville, AL $40,099

Lebanon, PA $40,095

Dayton, OH $40,091

Pueblo, CO $40,091

Appleton, WI $40,078

Buffalo, NY $40,062

Racine, WI $40,041

Charlotte, NC $40,037

Saint Louis, MO $40,024

Springfield, IL $40,008

Elkhart, IN $39,999

York, PA $39,999

Gastonia, NC $39,995

Benton Harbor, MI $39,995

Beaumont, TX $39,970

Lorain, OH $39,962

Toledo, OH $39,946

Binghamton, NY $39,925

Rock Hill, SC $39,921

Rockford, IL $39,900

Fargo, ND $39,879

Elyria, OH $39,879

Flagstaff, AZ $39,850

Fort Lauderdale, FL $39,825

Miami, FL $39,801

Duluth, MN $39,734

Bangor, ME $39,680

Cedar Rapids, IA $39,635

Louisville, KY $39,614

Grand Rapids, MI $39,606

Hialeah, FL $39,602

Casper, WY $39,544

Scranton, PA $39,494

New Orleans, LA $39,482

Virginia Beach, VA $39,477

Akron, OH $39,457

Peoria, IL $39,403

Sarasota, FL $39,395

Green Bay, WI $39,366

Baton Rouge, LA $39,345

Charleston, SC $39,337

Nashville, TN $39,324

Jamestown, NY $39,316

Davenport, IA $39,316

Tucson, AZ $39,295

Cheyenne, WY $39,283

Saint Petersburg, FL $39,270

Tampa, FL $39,262

Omaha, NE $39,254

Port Arthur, TX $39,237

Evansville, IN $39,237

Bradenton, FL $39,221

Santa Fe, NM $39,146

Orlando, FL $39,105

Clearwater, FL $39,059

Canton, OH $38,972

La Crosse, WI $38,972

Grand Forks, ND $38,960

Albuquerque, NM $38,947

Tulsa, OK $38,947

Newport News, VA $38,943

High Point, NC $38,931

Ogden, UT $38,914

Corpus Christi, TX $38,881

Laramie, WY $38,856

Norfolk, VA $38,856

Rock Island, IL $38,831

Saginaw, MI $38,823

Jacksonville, FL $38,819

Salisbury, NC $38,811

Memphis, TN $38,802

Moline, IL $38,782

Fort Myers, FL $38,769

Waterloo, IA $38,715

Spartanburg, SC $38,674

Lincoln, NE $38,653

Fort Wayne, IN $38,645

Birmingham, AL $38,599

Cedar Falls, IA $38,591

Provo, UT $38,587

Springfield, OH $38,583

San Antonio, TX $38,574

Greensboro, NC $38,558

South Bend, IN $38,554

Winston Salem, NC $38,550

Boise, ID $38,537

Savannah, GA $38,508

Muskegon, MI $38,434

Lima, OH $38,384

Lake Charles, LA $38,367

Anderson, IN $38,359

Lexington, KY $38,347

Augusta, GA $38,334

Greenville, SC $38,334

Wichita, KS $38,297

Tuscaloosa, AL $38,297

Columbia, SC $38,260

Bloomington, IN $38,156

Roanoke, VA $38,131

Asheville, NC $38,077

Knoxville, TN $38,007

Shreveport, LA $38,003

Wilmington, NC $37,949

Frankfort, KY $37,870

Oklahoma City, OK $37,841

Chillicothe, OH $37,825

Longview, TX $37,820

Topeka, KS $37,808

Mobile, AL $37,746

Terre Haute, IN $37,729

Erie, PA $37,725

Altoona, PA $37,704

Melbourne, FL $37,692

Amarillo, TX $37,675

Killeen, TX $37,663

Fayetteville, AR $37,630

Sioux Falls, SD $37,601

Chattanooga, TN $37,576

Idaho Falls, ID $37,572

Gainesville, FL $37,485

Portsmouth, OH $37,464

Little Rock, AR $37,456

Lynchburg, VA $37,456

Lafayette, LA $37,439

Youngstown, OH $37,439

Temple, TX $37,423

Daytona Beach, FL $37,415

Clarksville, TN $37,410

Pensacola, FL $37,406

Hopkinsville, KY $37,282

Charleston, WV $37,278

Florence, SC $37,257

Sioux City, IA $37,232

Macon, GA $37,112

Tallahassee, FL $37,108

Fayetteville, NC $37,100

Waco, TX $37,091

Wichita Falls, TX $37,091

Pine Bluff, AR $37,075

Vincennes, IN $36,996

Lubbock, TX $36,980

Great Falls, MT $36,955

Alamogordo, NM $36,951

Abilene, TX $36,917

Rapid City, SD $36,864

Monroe, LA $36,864

Albany, GA $36,839

Huntington, WV $36,835

Jackson, MS $36,830

Greenville, MS $36,826

Parkersburg, WV $36,785

Montgomery, AL $36,777

Johnstown, PA $36,768

Springfield, MO $36,735

Biloxi, MS $36,714

Sumter, SC $36,627

Columbus, GA $36,623

Twin Falls, ID $36,598

Pascagoula, MS $36,545

Kingsport, TN $36,437

Gulfport, MS $36,424

Alexandria, LA $36,288

Fort Smith, AR $36,184

El Paso, TX $36,072

Helena, MT $36,019

Las Cruces, NM $35,886

Harlingen, TX $35,770

Pocatello, ID $35,733

Florence, AL $35,720

Brownsville, TX $35,712

Dothan, AL $35,646

Mcallen, TX $35,625

Columbus, MS $35,318

Altus, OK $35,128

Lawton, OK $35,049

Pierre, SD $34,900

What Skills Can Increase a Sanitation Worker's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

Initiative (Mentioned in 4.83% Job Postings): Taking decisive action and initiating plans independently to address problems, improve professional life, and achieve goals.
Container (Mentioned in 2.48% Job Postings): Container is an object used for or capable of holding, esp for transport or storage, such as a carton, box, etc.
Infection Control (Mentioned in 1.85% Job Postings): Infection control is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical (rather than academic) sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential, though often underrecognized and undersupported, part of the infrastructure of health care. Infection control and hospital epidemiology are akin to public health practice, practiced within the confines of a particular health-care delivery system rather than directed at society as a whole. Anti-infective agents include antibiotics, antibacterials, antifungals, antivirals and antiprotozoals. Infection control addresses factors related to the spread of infections within the healthcare setting (whether patient-to-patient, from patients to staff and from staff to patients, or among-staff), including prevention (via hand hygiene/hand washing, cleaning/disinfection/sterilization, vaccination, surveillance), monitoring/investigation of demonstrated or suspected spread of infection within a particular health-care setting (surveillance and outbreak investigation), and management (interruption of outbreaks). It is on this basis that the common title being adopted within health care is "infection prevention and control."

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Skills	Demand Percentage
Initiative	4.83%
Container	2.48%
Infection Control	1.85%

What skills can make your compensation higher?

Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Sanitation Worker's salary.

IDEA: Can increase your salary by up to 9%.
Team Management: Can increase your salary by up to 6%.
Collaboration: Can increase your salary by up to 6%.

Skill	Salary	Salary % Increase
IDEA	$45,153	9%
Team Management	$43,910	6%
Collaboration	$43,910	6%
Problem Solving	$43,910	6%
Infection Control	$43,496	5%
Written Communication	$43,496	5%

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How Education impacts a Sanitation Worker's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many Sanitation Workers enter the field with a No Diploma degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for a Sanitation Worker with a No Diploma is between $37,447 and $39,951).

Sanitation Worker Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for Sanitation Worker

No Diploma 3.8%

High School 76.9%

Associates 11.5%

Bachelors 7.7%

Masters 0.0%

Doctorate 0.0%

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Degree Level	% of user with this level of education
No Diploma	3.8%
High School	76.9%
Associates	11.5%
Bachelors	7.7%
Masters	0.0%
Doctorate	0.0%

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Sanitation Worker Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Sanitation Worker's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on April 01, 2026

$37,231

Average $41,424/year

$45,166

$3,103

Average $3,452/month

$3,764

$716

Average $797/week

$869

$18

Average $20/hour

$22

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$45,166	$3,764	$869	$22
Average	$41,424	$3,452	$797	$20
25th Percentile	$37,231	$3,103	$716	$18

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Salary Trends for Sanitation Worker

Salaries for a Sanitation Worker can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $40,634 in 2023 to around $39,794 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Sanitation Worker salary trends, .

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2023

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2024

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2024	$40,116
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