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Recycling Coordinators

Earnings

Salaries vary widely for recycling coordinators depending upon their level of experience and the region in which the job is located. For example, positions in areas with a higher cost of living, such as California, Arizona, New York, and Washington, D.C., for example, tend to pay higher salaries to recycling coordinators.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, median annual earnings of first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors (a category that includes recycling coordinators) totaled $55,060 in May 2019, with salaries ranging from $33,540 to $87,310. In August 2020, ZipRecruiter estimated that recycling coordinators earned an average of $35,112 annually. Very experienced recycling coordinators who manage the recycling programs of large cities can earn more than $100,000 annually.

Benefits vary, but most local governments offer full-time employees a benefit package that generally includes paid health insurance; a retirement plan; and holiday, vacation, and sick pay.

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