Explosives Worker, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters salary
61,390 USD
Median annual wage · 2025 · BLS · 47-5032
Half of all explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in the United States earn more than 61,390 USD a year, half earn less.
Rank by pay413of 825 occupations
Spread, quartile to quartile1.62×49,630 USD – 80,370 USD
| Measure | All |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 49,630 USD |
| Median | 61,390 USD |
| Mean | 66,640 USD |
| Upper quartile | 80,370 USD |
About the figure
Occupation code 47-5032 in SOC 2018, the US occupation classification. Covers wage and salary workers, excluding the self-employed. Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not estimated by us. The figure is an annual wage, not a monthly one.
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Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS. Figures are for 2025; snapshot taken 2026-08-15. www.bls.gov