Highest-paying Cities for Highway Maintenance Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for highway maintenance workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of highway maintenance workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $74,070, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for highway maintenance workers. It is followed by San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California (average annual salary $71,200). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of highway maintenance workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Highway Maintenance Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$74,070	$49,550	280
2	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$71,200	$37,840	100
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$67,000	$59,130	760
4	Napa, California	$66,840	$47,200	40
5	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$65,290	$50,220	100
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$64,640	$47,200	850
7	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$64,480	$41,080	470
8	Peoria, Illinois	$63,980	$34,210	300
9	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$63,940	$37,440	440
10	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$63,680	$26,870	100
11	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$63,500	$47,200	80
12	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$63,170	$44,950	70
13	New Haven, Connecticut	$62,180	$46,320	310
14	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$62,070	$36,460	130
15	Olympia, Washington	$61,210	$46,630	90
16	Danbury, Connecticut	$61,040	$47,900	80
17	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$60,840	$38,320	2,560
18	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$60,650	$45,380	120
19	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$60,620	$46,310	470
20	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$60,560	$44,950	80
21	Springfield, Illinois	$59,990	$35,590	140
22	Bloomington, Illinois	$59,990	$35,550	110
23	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$59,900	$48,940	80
24	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$59,860	$48,300	830
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$59,680	$48,200	630
26	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$59,630	$44,450	2,240
27	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$59,280	$35,680	40
28	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$59,190	$43,210	100
29	Waterbury, Connecticut	$58,640	$46,310	110
30	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$58,540	$33,720	1,620
31	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$58,480	$51,800	80
32	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$58,350	$37,850	7,040
33	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$58,240	$49,580	260
34	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$58,240	$51,420	80
35	Salinas, California	$57,870	$47,200	100
36	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$57,450	$44,720	200
37	Albany, Oregon	$57,310	$56,970	60
38	Racine, Wisconsin	$57,200	$47,390	50
39	Longview, Washington	$57,130	$52,030	40
40	Stockton, California	$57,120	$47,290	150
41	Bend, Oregon	$56,970	$45,980	90
42	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$56,850	$46,710	240
43	Bellingham, Washington	$56,850	$48,750	70
44	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$56,320	$45,300	560
45	Madison, Wisconsin	$56,270	$40,330	640
46	Rochester, Minnesota	$55,870	$44,450	210
47	St Cloud, Minnesota	$55,870	$40,660	230
48	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$55,870	$42,520	700
49	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$55,870	$42,830	220
50	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$55,870	$44,020	450
51	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$55,870	$44,450	110
52	Yakima, Washington	$55,760	$44,410	140
53	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$55,460	$35,570	130
54	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$55,400	$37,670	340
55	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$55,320	$34,850	580
56	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$55,240	$20,310	2,130
57	Corvallis, Oregon	$55,150	$43,410	40
58	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$55,030	$41,100	280
59	Ames, Iowa	$55,000	$39,460	80
60	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$55,000	$43,870	460
61	Duluth, Wisconsin	$54,410	$41,540	340
62	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$54,230	$42,080	230
63	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$54,230	$46,260	240
64	Medford, Oregon	$54,230	$40,560	70
65	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$54,150	$39,800	670
66	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$54,140	$41,270	190
67	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$54,080	$46,320	130
68	Danville, Illinois	$54,000	$30,210	60
69	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$53,990	$36,160	370
70	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$53,240	$43,170	340
71	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$53,100	$42,390	100
72	Spokane, Washington	$52,770	$47,740	300
73	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$52,560	$39,830	30
74	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$52,370	$39,630	90
75	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$52,290	$38,540	100
76	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$52,230	$36,840	140
77	Boulder, Colorado	$52,130	$42,830	60
78	Dayton, Ohio	$52,100	$36,590	330
79	Fresno, California	$52,050	$39,720	110
80	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$52,010	$37,730	90
81	Tacoma, Washington	$51,930	$43,130	120
82	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$51,840	$39,890	460
83	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$51,820	$39,780	140
84	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$51,790	$37,820	680
85	Kingston, New York	$51,760	$46,730	240
86	Bismarck, North Dakota	$51,730	$40,630	120
87	Janesville, Wisconsin	$51,680	$40,700	90
88	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$51,670	$32,070	320
89	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$51,580	$36,060	40
90	Walla Walla, Washington	$51,550	$41,090	40
91	Peabody, Massachusetts	$51,490	$37,740	40
92	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$51,410	$36,940	330
93	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$51,280	$37,730	950
94	Modesto, California	$51,230	$30,700	110
95	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$51,230	$39,580	150
96	Visalia-Porterville, California	$51,230	$41,050	50
97	Redding, California	$51,230	$44,950	80
98	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$51,230	$44,950	580
99	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$51,230	$36,940	2,190
100	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$51,230	$46,050	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for highway maintenance workers.