The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of highway maintenance workers in Lake County-Kenosha 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 | $37,670 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,950 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,400 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,890 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $70,640 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers in Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $70,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,670.
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 | $55,400 | -1.30% | 6.59% |
| 2016 | $56,120 | 7.29% | - |
| 2015 | $52,030 | -1.17% | - |
| 2014 | $52,640 | 1.22% | - |
| 2013 | $52,000 | 0.48% | - |
| 2012 | $51,750 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,400 in Lake County-Kenosha County is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of Wisconsin. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Lake County-Kenosha County is 7.1 percent (7.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington and 40.0 percent (40.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.