Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $62K, rent takes 23.6% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $962/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters typically earn — is $50K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,979/month. At HUD’s $962/month FMR, rent would take 32% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $62K locally vs. $61K nationally, a 1% difference.

Anniston-Oxford pays $62K median vs. the U.S. average of $61K — that’s +1%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 85.95), the purchasing-power equivalent is $72K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $62,070 a year, that works out to about $30 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $49,650, and experienced explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters can clear $70,820. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,081/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $962/month, which eats 23.6% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Anniston-Oxford has a Regional Price Parity of 85.95 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters salary is worth about $72,216 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.