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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Wages in Washington
Latest available statewide and labor-market-area estimates from BLS OEWS
Washington statewide · 2024
Median annual wage: $77,210
- 10th percentile
- $41,600
- 25th percentile
- $66,380
- 75th percentile
- $83,690
- 90th percentile
- $100,300
Reading these wages
Washington statewide: The middle half of annual wages runs from $66,380 to $83,690 in 2024, a span of $17,310.
Comparisons use the same occupation and year. Missing estimates and lower bounds are left out of the area range. The survey does not group these wages by experience level. Taxes and living costs are not included in these comparisons.
Published Area Estimates
Each value is shown once per BLS area with its publication year. County links explain which latest available area estimate is used locally.
BLS did not publish a labor-market-area estimate for this occupation in the available data.
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Wage Questions
What is the statewide median wage for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters?
The latest available statewide median annual wage for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters is $77,210 for 2024.
Are these county-specific wage estimates?
No. BLS publishes OEWS estimates for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. County links identify the published area used for that county and should not be added together as county-level employment totals.
Source and geography
Values come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. This page uses the latest available releases through 2024, and labels each estimate with its publication year. Review the official OEWS tables. Area employment counts describe the full published area and are repeated on county detail pages only as context. The BLS definitions explain wage coverage and percentiles.