Yearly Monthly Biweekly Weekly Hourly
Average base salary, Nevada
$57,000 / year
≈ $4,750 per month · $27.40 per hour
Location United States (national) Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Or metro area Metro area… Alaska nonmetropolitan area Albany, OR Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Albuquerque, NM Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Amarillo, TX Anchorage, AK Ann Arbor, MI Appleton, WI Arizona nonmetropolitan area Asheville, NC Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Bakersfield-Delano, CA Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area Barnstable Town, MA Bellingham, WA Bend, OR Billings, MT Bloomington, IL Boise City, ID Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Bozeman, MT Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Burlington-South Burlington, VT Canton-Massillon, OH Cedar Rapids, IA Central East New York nonmetropolitan area Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area Charleston-North Charleston, SC Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Chattanooga, TN-GA Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Chico, CA Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Cleveland, OH Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area College Station-Bryan, TX Colorado Springs, CO Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Durham-Chapel Hill, NC East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area Eau Claire, WI Elkhart-Goshen, IN Erie, PA Eugene-Springfield, OR Evansville, IN Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Fort Smith, AR-OK Fort Wayne, IN Fresno, CA Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Greeley, CO Green Bay, WI Greensboro-High Point, NC Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Jackson, MS Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville, NC Kansas City, MO-KS Kansas nonmetropolitan area Kennewick-Richland, WA Kenosha, WI Killeen-Temple, TX Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Knoxville, TN Lafayette, LA Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Lancaster, PA Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Lexington-Fayette, KY Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Longview, TX Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Lubbock, TX Lynchburg, VA Madison, WI Manchester-Nashua, NH Maryland nonmetropolitan area McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Medford, OR Memphis, TN-MS-AR Merced, CA Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area Midland, TX Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Modesto, CA Montgomery, AL Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Napa, CA Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN New Haven, CT New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area North Georgia nonmetropolitan area North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Ogden, UT Oklahoma City, OK Omaha, NE-IA Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Peoria, IL Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Port St. Lucie, FL Portland-South Portland, ME Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Raleigh-Cary, NC Reading, PA Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Roanoke, VA Rochester, NY Rockford, IL Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Salem, OR Salinas, CA Salt Lake City-Murray, UT San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Sandusky, OH Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Sioux Falls, SD-MN South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area South Georgia nonmetropolitan area South Illinois nonmetropolitan area South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Springfield, MO St. Louis, MO-IL Stockton-Lodi, CA Syracuse, NY Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Toledo, OH Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Utica-Rome, NY Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Visalia, CA Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA West Montana nonmetropolitan area West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Western Washington nonmetropolitan area Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area Wilmington, NC Worcester, MA Yakima, WA York-Hanover, PA Youngstown-Warren, OH
BLS May 2025 state data for Nevada · median $62,500
25th percentile$48,500 Average$57,000 75th percentile$64,000
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, aged to 2026 using compounded market movement. State selections show BLS state-level figures where published. Actual pay varies with experience, industry, and organization size.
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners salary by state
About this role
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners is a professional role in the Construction and Extraction job family, focused on Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners work. Pay for this title reflects both its level and its scope; see our Title Level and Organization Responsibility guides for how WePayFairly defines them.
What Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleanerss do
Typical education: High School Diploma
Communicate with supervisors and other workers, using equipment such as wireless phones, pagers, or radio telephones.
Drive trucks to transport crews, materials, and equipment.
Inspect manholes to locate sewer line stoppages.
Operate sewer cleaning equipment, including power rodders, high-velocity water jets, sewer flushers, bucket machines, wayne balls, and vac-alls.
Prepare and keep records of actions taken, including maintenance and repair work.
Top skills: Operation and Control Operations Monitoring Critical Thinking Troubleshooting Time Management Repairing
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Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners salary by industry
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
18,490 workers
$53,000
Local Government, including Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)
6,670 workers
$59,500
Federal, State, and Local Government, excl. State & Local Schools & Hospitals & USPS
6,660 workers
$59,500
Construction
4,670 workers
$58,500
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
320 workers
$65,000
Utilities
140 workers
$58,000
Sectors 31, 32, and 33 – Manufacturing
100 workers
$56,500
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners pays 15% below the average across 63 roles in the Construction and Extraction job family (family average $65,000).
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Frequently asked questions
How much does a Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners make?
The average base salary for a Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners in the United States is $55,500 per year, or about $26.68 per hour.
What is the typical salary range?
Pay typically falls between $45,000 and $63,000 per year (25th to 75th percentile) depending on experience, location, industry, and organization size.
How does this compare with other Construction and Extraction roles?
The Construction and Extraction job family averages $65,000 across 63 roles tracked by WePayFairly.
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