Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

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 Highway Maintenance Workers
Industry profile for Highway Maintenance Workers
Geographic profile for Highway Maintenance Workers

National estimates for Highway Maintenance Workers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Highway Maintenance Workers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
149,890	0.9 %	$ 20.77	$ 43,200	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for Highway Maintenance Workers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 13.18	$ 16.27	$ 20.03	$ 24.66	$ 29.78
Annual Wage (2)	$ 27,410	$ 33,850	$ 41,660	$ 51,300	$ 61,940

Industry profile for Highway Maintenance Workers:

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

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Highway Maintenance Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	102,670	1.90	$ 20.59	$ 42,830
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	37,850	1.72	$ 21.20	$ 44,100
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	5,490	1.53	$ 21.05	$ 43,790
Other Specialty Trade Contractors	430	0.06	$ 21.84	$ 45,430
Employment Services	340	0.01	$ 17.39	$ 36,170

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Highway Maintenance Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	102,670	1.90	$ 20.59	$ 42,830
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	37,850	1.72	$ 21.20	$ 44,100
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	5,490	1.53	$ 21.05	$ 43,790
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	70	0.06	$ 15.27	$ 31,750
Other Specialty Trade Contractors	430	0.06	$ 21.84	$ 45,430

Top paying industries for Highway Maintenance Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	50	(7)	$ 25.99	$ 54,050
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	70	0.01	$ 24.80	$ 51,590
Services to Buildings and Dwellings	(8)	(8)	$ 23.44	$ 48,750
Other Specialty Trade Contractors	430	0.06	$ 21.84	$ 45,430
Other Support Services	(8)	(8)	$ 21.45	$ 44,620

Geographic profile for Highway Maintenance Workers:

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

States with the highest employment level in Highway Maintenance Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	13,930	1.60	1.49	$ 22.62	$ 47,050
Pennsylvania	12,330	2.24	2.08	$ 21.16	$ 44,000
Illinois	7,750	1.38	1.28	$ 25.11	$ 52,220
California	7,270	0.44	0.41	$ 26.15	$ 54,390
Ohio	7,060	1.37	1.27	$ 20.86	$ 43,380

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Highway Maintenance Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
South Dakota	1,650	4.02	3.73	$ 17.94	$ 37,320
Wyoming	810	3.09	2.86	$ 20.50	$ 42,630
Vermont	780	2.77	2.57	$ 20.88	$ 43,420
North Dakota	1,100	2.74	2.55	$ 23.95	$ 49,820
Maine	1,570	2.73	2.54	$ 18.99	$ 39,500

Top paying states for Highway Maintenance Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska	160	0.55	0.51	$ 28.06	$ 58,370
Washington	2,450	0.77	0.71	$ 27.77	$ 57,750
Connecticut	2,300	1.49	1.39	$ 26.19	$ 54,470
California	7,270	0.44	0.41	$ 26.15	$ 54,390
Minnesota	4,650	1.72	1.59	$ 25.79	$ 53,640

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Highway Maintenance Workers:

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	6,200	0.70	0.65	$ 25.44	$ 52,910
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3,440	1.28	1.18	$ 23.26	$ 48,380
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	2,600	0.60	0.55	$ 28.56	$ 59,410
Pittsburgh, PA	2,360	2.20	2.05	$ 22.41	$ 46,610
St. Louis, MO-IL	2,050	1.58	1.46	$ 19.98	$ 41,570
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	1,980	1.07	1.00	$ 26.76	$ 55,650
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,960	0.34	0.31	$ 27.44	$ 57,070
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,810	0.50	0.47	$ 17.91	$ 37,260
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	1,610	1.63	1.52	$ 23.11	$ 48,060
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	1,370	0.45	0.42	$ 23.55	$ 48,990

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Highway Maintenance Workers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	340	9.49	8.81	$ 20.24	$ 42,100
Glens Falls, NY	340	7.20	6.68	$ 20.33	$ 42,290
Ames, IA	300	6.85	6.35	$ 25.54	$ 53,130
Williamsport, PA	290	6.09	5.66	$ 17.65	$ 36,710
Gettysburg, PA	160	5.25	4.87	$ 18.38	$ 38,220
Kingston, NY	280	5.14	4.77	$ 23.07	$ 47,990
Utica-Rome, NY	590	5.11	4.74	$ 20.28	$ 42,180
Bangor, ME	280	4.58	4.25	$ 18.87	$ 39,250
Binghamton, NY	390	4.26	3.96	$ 20.17	$ 41,940
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	370	4.18	3.88	$ 20.95	$ 43,580