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Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Collect and dump refuse or recyclable materials from containers into truck. May drive truck.

What a refuse and recyclable material collector does

Become a refuse and recyclable material collector

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good refuse and recyclable material collector

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.

Refuse And Recyclable Material Collector job outlook

  • There are 3,674 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 750 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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Where this information came from

  • Annual labor market information provided by Washington's Employment Security Department
  • Career information and video provided by U.S. Department of Labor
  • Notes on occupational data methodology