The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $60,840, Illinois is the highest paying state for highway maintenance workers. It is followed by Washington (average annual salary $60,180). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | $60,840 |
$34,320 | 6,330 |
| 2 | Washington | $60,180 |
$50,070 | 2,450 |
| 3 | Connecticut | $59,720 |
$46,320 | 2,080 |
| 4 | Oregon | $56,970 |
$43,690 | 1,790 |
| 5 | Minnesota | $55,870 |
$42,650 | 4,880 |
| 6 | California | $52,390 |
$38,290 | 6,850 |
| 7 | North Dakota | $50,740 |
$42,140 | 780 |
| 8 | Iowa | $50,450 |
$39,460 | 4,170 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | $50,030 |
$36,230 | 1,070 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | $49,280 |
$46,320 | 490 |
| 11 | New York | $49,170 |
$38,180 | 12,850 |
| 12 | Michigan | $49,140 |
$37,090 | 2,960 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | $48,990 |
$36,320 | 5,560 |
| 14 | Montana | $48,880 |
$45,710 | 1,110 |
| 15 | New Jersey | $48,130 |
$32,230 | 4,240 |
| 16 | Vermont | $47,670 |
$38,770 | 1,090 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | $47,010 |
$29,330 | 10,510 |
| 18 | Colorado | $46,820 |
$39,190 | 2,150 |
| 19 | Arizona | $46,230 |
$35,690 | 1,310 |
| 20 | Ohio | $45,880 |
$30,730 | 5,500 |
| 21 | Idaho | $45,660 |
$34,840 | 1,070 |
| 22 | Alaska | $44,710 |
$44,220 | 110 |
| 23 | New Hampshire | $43,490 |
$33,820 | 1,240 |
| 24 | Maine | $43,270 |
$36,360 | 1,860 |
| 25 | Nevada | $43,180 |
$28,780 | 600 |
| 26 | Utah | $42,770 |
$19,460 | 1,500 |
| 27 | Indiana | $42,700 |
$37,040 | 4,080 |
| 28 | Wyoming | $41,040 |
$36,910 | 840 |
| 29 | South Dakota | $40,700 |
$35,230 | 1,940 |
| 30 | Nebraska | $40,180 |
$34,240 | 2,480 |
| 31 | Virginia | $40,100 |
$32,640 | 3,630 |
| 32 | Maryland | $39,930 |
$34,840 | 510 |
| 33 | North Carolina | $39,210 |
$33,170 | 3,190 |
| 34 | Missouri | $37,630 |
$30,700 | 6,320 |
| 35 | New Mexico | $37,620 |
$30,480 | 1,580 |
| 36 | Oklahoma | $37,270 |
$27,440 | 3,170 |
| 37 | Kansas | $37,010 |
$27,340 | 1,670 |
| 38 | Delaware | $36,830 |
$28,430 | 90 |
| 39 | Texas | $36,090 |
$27,660 | 8,420 |
| 40 | West Virginia | $35,730 |
$23,910 | 1,030 |
| 41 | Tennessee | $35,710 |
$27,430 | 1,480 |
| 42 | Florida | $35,220 |
$27,440 | 1,800 |
| 43 | Arkansas | $34,030 |
$26,880 | 2,060 |
| 44 | South Carolina | $33,840 |
$28,580 | 2,390 |
| 45 | Kentucky | $31,440 |
$25,380 | 2,630 |
| 46 | Georgia | $31,300 |
$24,500 | 2,070 |
| 47 | Alabama | $31,300 |
$23,170 | 3,010 |
| 48 | Mississippi | $30,450 |
$23,520 | 3,040 |
| 49 | Louisiana | $29,710 |
$21,560 | 1,160 |
| 50 | Hawaii | $29,430 |
$29,320 | 120 |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $18,740 |
$17,680 | 3,720 |