DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

47-4051 Highway Maintenance Workers

Occupational Description:
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
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 4 - West Central 38059$23.13/hr$0.49/hr$17.81/hr$20.42/hr$23.27/hr$25.82/hr$28.70/hr
Minnesota 5,030236$25.03/hr$0.18/hr$19.79/hr$22.24/hr$25.82/hr$28.41/hr$30.36/hr
U S 150,8601,207$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
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Public Administration380$23.23/hr
Other Regional Data For Highway Maintenance Workers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian 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 1 - Northwest 190 $24.48/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central 190 $24.49/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 190 $25.66/hr N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 110 $25.82/hr N/A
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers660$14.65/hrN/A
Construction Laborers370$16.52/hrN/A
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters180$27.23/hrN/A
Fence ErectorsN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Highway Maintenance Workers