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, 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, 2013
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 8 - Southwest 2302$18.96/hr$0.46/hr$15.24/hr$16.97/hr$19.03/hr$21.35/hr$23.27/hr
Minnesota 4,330126$20.96/hr$0.15/hr$16.46/hr$18.67/hr$21.34/hr$23.71/hr$26.35/hr
U S 141,1801,553$17.60/hr$0.09/hr$10.78/hr$13.50/hr$17.11/hr$21.32/hr$25.42/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Highway Maintenance Workers
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Public Administration230$19.03/hr
Other Regional Data For Highway Maintenance Workers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,510 $23.54/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 470 $20.93/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 430 $20.87/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 300 $20.56/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 280 $19.64/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest 230 $19.03/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 230 $21.17/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 230 $21.00/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central 180 $21.34/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 160 $20.20/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters 150 $21.34/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest 130 $20.12/hr N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 90 $18.51/hr N/A
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Construction Laborers170$14.10/hrN/A
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers160$10.68/hrN/A
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersN/A$19.89/hrN/A
Tasks for Highway Maintenance Workers

 

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