DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Northwest Balance of State	940	168	$23.97/hr	$0.41/hr	$18.74/hr	$21.16/hr	$24.39/hr	$25.85/hr	$28.87/hr
Minnesota	5,030	236	$25.03/hr	$0.18/hr	$19.79/hr	$22.24/hr	$25.82/hr	$28.41/hr	$30.36/hr
U S	150,860	1,207	$20.69/hr	$0.06/hr	$13.09/hr	$16.18/hr	$19.87/hr	$24.59/hr	$29.52/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Highway Maintenance Workers Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Public Administration 930 $24.37/hr

Other Regional Data For Highway Maintenance Workers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 2,100 $26.15/hr N/A Northwest Balance of State 940 $24.39/hr N/A Duluth MN-WI MSA 450 $24.55/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State 430 $25.82/hr N/A Southwest Balance of State 410 $25.25/hr N/A Rochester MN MSA 260 $25.83/hr N/A Northeast Balance of State 260 $25.82/hr N/A Fargo ND-MN MSA 170 $23.79/hr N/A St Cloud MN MSA 150 $25.82/hr N/A Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA 130 $24.07/hr N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 120 $23.79/hr N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA 100 $22.90/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Construction Laborers	1,130	$16.39/hr	N/A
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,060	$14.53/hr	N/A
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	460	$25.58/hr	N/A
Fence Erectors	N/A	N/A	N/A

• Erects, installs, and repairs guardrails, highway markers, button-type lane markers, and snow fences, using hand tools and power tools.
• Drives truck to transport crew and equipment to work site.
• Drives truck or tractor equipped with adjustable snow plow and blower unit.
• Drives tractor with mower attachment to cut grass.
• Sets signs and cones around work area to divert traffic.
• Verifies alignment of markers by sight.
• Blends compounds to form adhesive mixture, using spoon.
• Measures and marks locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.
• Dumps, spreads, and tamps asphalt, using pneumatic tamper to patch broken pavement.