DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	4,330	126	$20.96/hr	$0.15/hr	$16.46/hr	$18.67/hr	$21.34/hr	$23.71/hr	$26.35/hr
U S	141,180	1,553	$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 Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Public Administration 4,300 $21.34/hr

Other Regional Data For Highway Maintenance Workers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change 2010 - 2020 Minnesota 4,330 $21.34/hr 3.1% Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN-WI MSA 1,800 $23.19/hr N/A Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,510 $23.54/hr 2.9% Northwest Minnesota 790 $20.28/hr 3.7% Northwest Balance of State 690 $20.32/hr N/A Central Minnesota 570 $20.90/hr 8.2% Southwest Minnesota 550 $20.11/hr N/A Southeast Minnesota 470 $20.93/hr 2.3% Southeast Balance of State 470 $20.95/hr N/A Northeast Minnesota 430 $20.87/hr 0.5% Southwest Balance of State 410 $19.40/hr N/A Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA 320 $20.28/hr N/A Northeast Balance of State 290 $20.78/hr N/A Saint Cloud MN MSA 200 $19.72/hr N/A Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA 180 $20.54/hr N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 150 $19.20/hr N/A Rochester MN MSA 130 $20.73/hr N/A Mankato-North Mankato, MN MetroSA 90 $21.34/hr N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A $17.72/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2010 - 2020
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	12,540	$12.40/hr	19.2%
Construction Laborers	7,440	$19.09/hr	18.8%
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	7,210	$30.01/hr	41.0%
Pipelayers	620	$29.18/hr	34.9%
Fence Erectors	N/A	$15.82/hr	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.