Occupation Profile for Highway Maintenance Workers
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.
Overview
| $31,540.00 | Median Annual Wage | 4,000 | Average Job Openings Per Year |
| 6.9 | Average Unemployment Percentage | 69.0 | Percentage That Completed High School |
| 145,000 | Employment Numbers in 2006 | 26.0 | Percentage That Had Some College |
| 158,000 | Employment Numbers in 2016 (est.) | 5.0 | Percentage That Went Beyond College Degree |
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Sources: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), Occupational Information Network (O*Net), Occupation Outlook Handbook (OOH)