The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of highway maintenance workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland 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 | $42,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,750 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $53,100 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $67,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $67,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,100. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of highway maintenance workers from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $53,100 | 4.39% | 18.89% |
| 2019 | $50,770 | 4.39% | - |
| 2018 | $48,540 | -11.50% | - |
| 2017 | $54,120 | -0.17% | - |
| 2016 | $54,210 | 3.82% | - |
| 2015 | $52,140 | 14.73% | - |
| 2014 | $44,460 | 5.83% | - |
| 2013 | $41,870 | -2.87% | - |
| 2012 | $43,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $53,100 in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland is 20.7 percent (20.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and 14.7 percent (14.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Washington nonmetropolitan area.