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
Northwest Balance of State 69081$19.67/hr$0.39/hr$15.94/hr$17.99/hr$20.32/hr$21.35/hr$23.10/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 Administration690$20.30/hr
Other Regional Data For Highway Maintenance Workers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN-WI MSA 1,800 $23.19/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 690 $20.32/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 470 $20.95/hr N/A
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)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers1,420$11.06/hrN/A
Construction Laborers1,030$14.98/hrN/A
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters380$20.26/hrN/A
Tasks for Highway Maintenance Workers

 

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