How much money does a trash man earn?

Answer 1

I'm a retired NYC garbage man, or Sanman as we are called, or were called. I made $61,500 in 1990 with a base pay of $35,000. The rest was overtime. That was in my 20th year, so I was elegible for immediate retirement at half pay. I left the job with a guaranteed $30,750 a year for life and I was 45 at the time. I'm now 65 and have collected more retired than I did working.

We also get a cola (cost of living) so since then my retirement has gone up. We get dental and a choice of 11 health plans that we can change every two years. I can attribute this to a strong union. There's even an intersection downtown named after one of our glorious leaders.

The Sanitation Dept was first (as per the city paper, "The Chief") in the city to secure a 20 year pension, a 5 week vacation and an unlimited (but Dr. verified) sick leave.

Sanitation men in NYC today make over $100,000 a year with overtime. If your interested in getting hired, the city runs new hires on a lottery system from an eligibility list. At one time in the past, 40,000 people qualified for under 2000 openings. In these trying times I'm sure the difference has to be greater. Otherwise, stay in college and strive for a professional career.

Answer 2

Garbage men make in between 12-18 dollars per hour but that depends on who your working for or where or how well you do it.

Answer 3

A garbage man in Colorado earns about 2,400 and between 2,800 a year