The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of highway maintenance workers in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $38,530 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,130 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,290 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $49,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,530.
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 | $48,290 | 4.33% | 20.67% |
| 2021 | $46,200 | 5.78% | - |
| 2020 | $43,530 | 1.70% | - |
| 2019 | $42,790 | 2.64% | - |
| 2018 | $41,660 | 3.14% | - |
| 2017 | $40,350 | 5.06% | - |
| 2016 | $38,310 | 6.76% | - |
| 2015 | $35,720 | -7.25% | - |
| 2012 | $38,310 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,290 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 17.5 percent (17.5%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 19.5 percent (19.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.