Highway maintenance workers are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Highway maintenance workers was $43,040 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Highway maintenance workers by wage are Miscellaneous law enforcement workers, Meter readers, utilities, and Automotive service technicians & mechanics.
Highway maintenance workers are part of the Construction & Extraction Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, Boilermakers, Carpenters, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, Cement masons, concrete finishers, & terrazzo workers, and 28 more.
The top 3 locations that employ the most Highway maintenance workers are Sherburne & Benton Counties PUMA, MN, Granite City, Alton, Wood River Cities & Godfrey Village PUMA, IL, and Southwest Oklahoma PUMA, OK. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Highway maintenance workers are Southwest Oklahoma PUMA, OK, Sullivan & Ulster (West) Counties PUMA, NY, and Victoria & Calhoun Counties PUMA, TX.