The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of highway maintenance workers in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $45,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,050 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $56,320 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $64,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,990 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,990. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,320. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,300.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of highway maintenance workers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $56,320 | 3.78% | 8.52% |
| 2016 | $54,190 | 3.86% | - |
| 2015 | $52,100 | 1.29% | - |
| 2014 | $51,430 | 1.67% | - |
| 2013 | $50,570 | -1.88% | - |
| 2012 | $51,520 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $56,320 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 15.9 percent (15.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and 19.6 percent (19.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Washington nonmetropolitan area.