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
EDR 1 - Northwest	190	32	$23.55/hr	$0.97/hr	$16.74/hr	$20.96/hr	$24.48/hr	$26.19/hr	$28.71/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 180 $24.66/hr

Other Regional Data For Highway Maintenance Workers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,670 $26.72/hr N/A EDR 10 - Southeast 600 $25.83/hr N/A EDR 3 - Arrowhead 590 $25.77/hr N/A EDR 4 - West Central 380 $23.27/hr N/A EDR 5 - North Central 300 $25.64/hr N/A EDR 7W- Central 260 $25.82/hr N/A EDR 9 - South Central 240 $24.20/hr N/A EDR 8 - Southwest 230 $24.95/hr N/A EDR 2 - Headwaters 200 $24.26/hr N/A EDR 7E- East Central 190 $24.49/hr N/A EDR 6E- Southwest Central 190 $25.66/hr N/A EDR 1 - Northwest 190 $24.48/hr N/A EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 110 $25.82/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Construction Laborers	130	$17.29/hr	N/A
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	120	$14.57/hr	N/A
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	30	$16.29/hr	N/A
Fence Erectors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pipelayers	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.