Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

47-4051 Highway Maintenance Workers

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway. Excludes �Tree Trimmers and Pruners� (37-3013).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
150,860	0.8 %	$20.39	$42,410	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$12.90	$15.95	$19.58	$24.23	$29.09
Annual Wage (2)	$26,840	$33,180	$40,730	$50,390	$60,520

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	106,570	1.92	$20.23	$42,080
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	35,600	1.64	$20.91	$43,500
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	4,820	1.37	$20.31	$42,250
Other Specialty Trade Contractors	450	0.06	$20.11	$41,840
Employment Services	300	0.01	$17.18	$35,730

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	106,570	1.92	$20.23	$42,080
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	35,600	1.64	$20.91	$43,500
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	4,820	1.37	$20.31	$42,250
Other Specialty Trade Contractors	450	0.06	$20.11	$41,840
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	80	0.06	(8)	(8)

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	180	0.01	$26.99	$56,140
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	35,600	1.64	$20.91	$43,500
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	60	(7)	$20.33	$42,290
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	4,820	1.37	$20.31	$42,250
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	106,570	1.92	$20.23	$42,080

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	14,990	1.57	1.53	$22.24	$46,260
Pennsylvania	12,770	2.16	2.11	$20.95	$43,570
Illinois	7,920	1.31	1.28	$25.80	$53,650
Ohio	7,760	1.42	1.39	$20.59	$42,820
Texas	6,750	0.54	0.53	$16.94	$35,220

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
South Dakota	1,770	4.16	4.05	$17.50	$36,390
Vermont	1,000	3.26	3.18	$20.26	$42,140
Wyoming	840	3.08	2.99	$20.43	$42,500
Maine	1,800	2.94	2.86	$17.56	$36,530
Arkansas	3,230	2.65	2.58	$14.59	$30,350

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Washington	2,350	0.71	0.69	$26.24	$54,580
California	6,480	0.37	0.36	$26.22	$54,540
Illinois	7,920	1.31	1.28	$25.80	$53,650
Connecticut	2,330	1.40	1.36	$25.51	$53,070
Oregon	1,940	1.02	0.99	$25.20	$52,430

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	6,390	0.66	0.64	$24.73	$51,440
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3,750	1.30	1.27	$23.08	$48,000
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	2,940	0.63	0.61	$28.52	$59,320
Pittsburgh, PA	2,400	2.08	2.02	$22.02	$45,790
St. Louis, MO-IL	2,380	1.73	1.69	$20.46	$42,570
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	2,100	1.07	1.04	$25.78	$53,630
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,770	0.48	0.47	$17.35	$36,080
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	1,510	3.33	3.24	$20.65	$42,960
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,470	0.24	0.23	$27.95	$58,130
Rochester, NY	1,440	2.79	2.71	$23.12	$48,080