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47-4051 Highway Maintenance Workers



Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement, 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).

Geography Click link for Career Profile EmploymentEmp SE*Percentiles
Mean10th25thMedian75th90th
Northwest Minnesota 78057$27.31/hr$23.08/hr$24.52/hr$28.25/hr$29.96/hr$31.40/hr


IndustryOES Employment (Statewide)OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Construction120$26.43/hr
Professional and Business ServicesN/AN/A
Public Administration4,230$28.25/hr
 
Geography Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2022-2032
La Crosse WI-MN MSA 110$25.59/hrN/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA 110$28.25/hrN/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 120$27.83/hrN/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 160$28.25/hrN/A
Rochester MN MSA 200$28.25/hrN/A
Northeast Balance of State 200$28.25/hrN/A
St Cloud MN MSA 210$28.25/hrN/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 340$28.25/hrN/A
Northeast Minnesota 390$28.25/hr8.8%
Southwest Balance of State 390$28.25/hrN/A
Southeast Balance of State 440$28.25/hrN/A
Southeast Minnesota 500$28.25/hr10.2%
Southwest Minnesota 590$28.25/hr9.4%
Central Minnesota 620$28.25/hr12.2%
Northwest Balance of State 670$28.25/hrN/A
Northwest Minnesota 780$28.25/hr10.6%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,460$31.27/hr9.4%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 1,930$31.00/hrN/A
Minnesota 4,340$28.25/hr9.8%


Occupations Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2022-2032
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators 300$23.94/hr3.6%
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 380$24.62/hr11.8%
Helpers--Extraction Workers N/AN/AN/A


  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.
  • Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.
  • Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
  • Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.
  • Drive heavy equipment and vehicles with adjustable attachments to sweep debris from paved surfaces, mow grass and weeds, remove snow and ice, and spread salt and sand.
  • Drive heavy equipment and vehicles with adjustable attachments to sweep debris from paved surfaces, mow grass and weeds, remove snow and ice, and spread salt and sand.
  • Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.
  • Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
  • Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.
  • Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.