Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
SOC 47-4071 · 2024-2034
Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or drains. May patch walls and partitions of tank, replace damaged drain tile, or repair breaks in underground piping.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $56,716per year
- Projected openings
- 3,350
- Projected change
- +15.6%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Quality Control Analysis
- Time Management
- Active Listening
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $67,075 | 50 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $63,894 | 70 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $63,105 | 290 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $60,930 | 160 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $59,314 | 30 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $59,078 | 150 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $58,789 | 40 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $58,789 | 60 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $56,081 | 60 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $54,280 | 240 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $53,909 | 40 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $53,601 | 140 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $52,623 | 50 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $52,448 | 550 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $52,118 | 460 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $51,161 | 400 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $48,989 | 60 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $47,764 | 60 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $46,271 | 40 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $37,470 | 40 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | $74,803 | 48,620 | +8.6% |
| Pipelayers | $78,244 | 1,070 | 0% |
| Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | $48,407 | 2,950 | +7.7% |
| Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators | $83,636 | 10,010 | -2.6% |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $38,750 | 69,180 | +4.8% |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | $58,612 | 151,500 | +7.3% |
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