The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of highway maintenance workers in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $28,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $32,550 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $39,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,110 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $51,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,300.
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 | $39,000 | 4.36% | 26.54% |
| 2021 | $37,300 | 0.11% | - |
| 2020 | $37,260 | 3.70% | - |
| 2019 | $35,880 | 0.67% | - |
| 2018 | $35,640 | 5.25% | - |
| 2017 | $33,770 | 3.97% | - |
| 2016 | $32,430 | 9.00% | - |
| 2015 | $29,510 | -15.93% | - |
| 2014 | $34,210 | 16.22% | - |
| 2013 | $28,660 | 0.03% | - |
| 2012 | $28,650 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $39,000, Louisville-Jefferson County is the second highest paying city for highway maintenance workers in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Evansville (median annual salary of $42,700). Compared with Evansville, the median annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Louisville-Jefferson County is 8.7 percent (8.7%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Evansville | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Owensboro | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| Bowling Green | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Lexington-Fayette |