The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of highway maintenance workers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $36,940 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,200 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $51,410 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $67,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,940.
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 | $51,410 | 5.70% | -2.80% |
| 2021 | $48,480 | -1.79% | - |
| 2020 | $49,350 | 7.42% | - |
| 2019 | $45,690 | -8.93% | - |
| 2018 | $49,770 | -1.91% | - |
| 2017 | $50,720 | 3.39% | - |
| 2016 | $49,000 | 2.27% | - |
| 2015 | $47,890 | -0.96% | - |
| 2014 | $48,350 | 0.06% | - |
| 2013 | $48,320 | -9.38% | - |
| 2012 | $52,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $51,410 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 30.6 percent (30.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 22.9 percent (22.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.