The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of highway maintenance workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 | $30,760 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,760 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,920 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $66,220 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $66,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,760.
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 | $49,110 | 2.83% | 8.23% |
| 2021 | $47,720 | 1.34% | - |
| 2020 | $47,080 | 0.81% | - |
| 2019 | $46,700 | 2.23% | - |
| 2018 | $45,660 | -5.72% | - |
| 2017 | $48,270 | -0.33% | - |
| 2016 | $48,430 | 1.40% | - |
| 2015 | $47,750 | 4.08% | - |
| 2014 | $45,800 | 2.86% | - |
| 2013 | $44,490 | -1.30% | - |
| 2012 | $45,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,110 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 11.2 percent (11.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton and 29.5 percent (29.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.