The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of highway maintenance workers in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $25,710 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,300 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,130 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $42,100 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $48,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,130. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,710.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of highway maintenance workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $38,130 | 2.99% | 39.02% |
| 2021 | $36,990 | 5.16% | - |
| 2020 | $35,080 | 10.66% | - |
| 2019 | $31,340 | 7.12% | - |
| 2018 | $29,110 | 2.78% | - |
| 2017 | $28,300 | 8.20% | - |
| 2016 | $25,980 | -5.04% | - |
| 2015 | $27,290 | 17.19% | - |
| 2014 | $22,600 | -2.35% | - |
| 2013 | $23,130 | -0.52% | - |
| 2012 | $23,250 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $38,130, Florence-Muscle Shoals is the second highest paying city for highway maintenance workers in state of Alabama, following the highest paying city Huntsville (median annual salary of $38,370). Compared with Huntsville, the median annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Florence-Muscle Shoals is .6 percent (.6%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Huntsville | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Gadsden | |
| Montgomery | |
| Decatur | |
| Mobile | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dothan | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area |