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
Southeast Minnesota 60072$25.41/hr$0.34/hr$20.56/hr$23.75/hr$25.83/hr$28.63/hr$30.04/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 Administration590$25.83/hr
Other Regional Data For Highway Maintenance Workers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,670 $26.72/hr 9.4%
Northwest Minnesota 1,060 $24.12/hr 10.6%
Central Minnesota 630 $25.82/hr 12.2%
Southwest Minnesota 610 $24.63/hr 9.4%
Southeast Minnesota 600 $25.83/hr 10.2%
Northeast Minnesota 590 $25.77/hr 8.8%
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers1,240$15.61/hr7.2%
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters1,210$32.56/hr5.5%
Construction Laborers900$22.51/hr7.7%
Pipelayers20$29.28/hrN/A
Fence ErectorsN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Highway Maintenance Workers