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Industries / Waste Management & Remediation Services |
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Industry Description |
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The Waste Management and Remediation Services sector groups establishments engaged in the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste materials. This includes establishments engaged in local hauling of waste materials; operating materials recovery facilities (i.e., those that sort recyclable materials from the trash stream); providing remediation services (i.e., those that provide for the cleanup of contaminated buildings, mine sites, soil, or ground water); and providing septic pumping and other miscellaneous waste management services. There are three industry groups within the sector that separate these activities into waste collection, waste treatment and disposal, and remediation and other waste management. |
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Industry Subsectors |
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Top Ten Careers |
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U.S. National Figures. |
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Waste Management & Remediation Services |
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
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74,230 |
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
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64,600 |
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
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34,630 |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
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27,710 |
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
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15,830 |
Office Clerks, General
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13,670 |
General and Operations Managers
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13,180 |
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
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11,750 |
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
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9,020 |
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
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8,780 |
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Interesting Fact |
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In the 18th and 19th century, hatmakers used poisionous chemicals including mercury in their work. As result, many developed pathological symptons -- an estimated 10% went insane. Hence the term "mad as a hatter" and Lewis Carroll's character, the Mad Hatter. |
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