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 Third Quarter, 2012
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 8 - Southwest 2306$18.96/hr$0.41/hr$15.02/hr$16.89/hr$18.82/hr$21.62/hr$23.47/hr
Minnesota 4,450134$21.03/hr$0.13/hr$16.05/hr$18.43/hr$21.10/hr$23.99/hr$27.30/hr
U S 143,7601,725$17.76/hr$0.09/hr$10.74/hr$13.50/hr$17.21/hr$21.39/hr$25.99/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$18.82/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 $23.89/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 480 $20.75/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 390 $20.97/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 310 $20.54/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 300 $18.54/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 250 $20.26/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest 230 $18.82/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 210 $20.45/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters 170 $20.10/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest 140 $18.92/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A $19.54/hr N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A $19.23/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A $20.94/hr N/A
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Construction Laborers220$13.78/hrN/A
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers150$11.00/hrN/A
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters60$18.12/hrN/A
Tasks for Highway Maintenance Workers

 

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