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
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Saint Cloud MN MSA	200	38	$19.49/hr	$0.72/hr	$11.04/hr	$16.71/hr	$20.04/hr	$22.90/hr	$26.52/hr
Minnesota	4,450	134	$21.03/hr	$0.13/hr	$16.05/hr	$18.43/hr	$21.10/hr	$23.99/hr	$27.30/hr
U S	143,760	1,725	$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
Industry	OES Employment	OES Median Wage
Public Administration	200	$20.03/hr

Other Regional Data For Highway Maintenance Workers
Geography (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Geography (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN-WI MSA	1,790	$23.50/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	770	$19.43/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	450	$19.11/hr	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	330	$20.26/hr	N/A
Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA	270	$20.95/hr	N/A
Saint Cloud MN MSA	200	$20.04/hr	N/A
Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA	170	$19.60/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	140	$20.64/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	130	$17.73/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	90	$20.67/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato, MN MetroSA	90	$20.82/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	N/A	$20.57/hr	N/A

Related Occupations
Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Occupation (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	390	$11.00/hr	N/A
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	390	$29.25/hr	N/A
Construction Laborers	160	$16.50/hr	N/A
Pipelayers	30	$31.09/hr	N/A

Tasks for Highway Maintenance Workers

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.