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Highway Maintenance Worker Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of highway maintenance workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Highway Maintenance Workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$20,310
25th Percentile Wage
$42,130
50th Percentile Wage
$55,240
75th Percentile Wage
$70,420
90th Percentile Wage
$81,620

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $81,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,310.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of highway maintenance workers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$55,240
11.19% 6.61%
2016
$49,060
-4.22% -
2015
$51,130
-6.53% -
2014
$54,470
0.13% -
2013
$54,400
5.17% -
2012
$51,590
- -

Table 2. Compare Highway Maintenance Worker Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,240 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 13.7 percent (13.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Peoria and 16.9 percent (16.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Rockford.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Peoria
$63,980
Bloomington-Normal
$63,680
Champaign-Urbana
$62,070
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$60,840
Springfield
$59,990
Bloomington
$59,990
Kankakee-Bradley
$59,280
Carbondale-Marion
$55,460
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$55,240
Danville
$54,000
Decatur
$49,600
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$49,050
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$48,860
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$47,320
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$47,320
Rockford
$45,900