A photoacoustic wave measurement device comprising: (a) a pulsed-light outputter that outputs a pulsed light; (b) an arrangement member (32, 34, 36) disposed between a pulsed-light output end of the pulsed-light outputter and a measurement object, the arrangement member (32, 34, 36) being adapted to allow the pulsed light to pass therethrough; and (c) a photoacoustic wave sensor comprising a photoacoustic wave detector that receives a photoacoustic wave generated by the measurement object by the pulsed light and that converts the photoacoustic wave into an electric signal, the photoacoustic wave detector being farther from the measurement object than the pulsed-light output end, wherein the arrangement member (32, 34, 36) is disposed between the photoacoustic wave detector and the measurement object, and wherein the photoacoustic wave measurement device further comprises: an electric signal recording section configured to receive and record the electric signal from the photoacoustic wave sensor; a noise timing estimation section configured to estimate timing of occurrence of noise in the electric signal, from a thickness of the arrangement member (32, 34, 36); and a noise removal section configured to remove the electric signal at the timing estimated, from contents recorded by the electric signal recording section, wherein another photoacoustic wave generated in the vicinity of the pulsed-light output end is reflected by a boundary surface between the arrangement member and the measurement object, and then reaches the photoacoustic wave detector to cause the noise, which is detected after a start time of detection of the photoacoustic wave starts to be detected. (a) a pulsed-light outputter that outputs a pulsed light; (b) an arrangement member (32, 34, 36) disposed between a pulsed-light output end of the pulsed-light outputter and a measurement object, the arrangement member (32, 34, 36) being adapted to allow the pulsed light to pass therethrough; and (c) a photoacoustic wave sensor comprising a photoacoustic wave detector that receives a photoacoustic wave generated by the measurement object by the pulsed light and that converts the photoacoustic wave into an electric signal, the photoacoustic wave detector being farther from the measurement object than the pulsed-light output end, wherein the arrangement member (32, 34, 36) is disposed between the photoacoustic wave detector and the measurement object, and wherein an electric signal recording section configured to receive and record the electric signal from the photoacoustic wave sensor; a noise timing estimation section configured to estimate timing of occurrence of noise in the electric signal, from a thickness of the arrangement member (32, 34, 36); and a noise removal section configured to remove the electric signal at the timing estimated, from contents recorded by the electric signal recording section, wherein another photoacoustic wave generated in the vicinity of the pulsed-light output end is reflected by a boundary surface between the arrangement member and the measurement object, and then reaches the photoacoustic wave detector to cause the noise, which is detected after a start time of detection of the photoacoustic wave starts to be detected.