Average Highway Maintenance Workers Salary in Minnesota

Highway Maintenance Workers in Minnesota earn a median annual salary of $60,900, which is +24.1% compared to the national median. There are 3,860 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Minnesota (state).

$60,900

Minnesota median annual wage

$29/hour median

+24.1%

Difference vs national median

National median is $49,070

3,860

Local employment

1.3 jobs per 1,000 workers

1.34

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $47,380
25th: $54,330
Median: $60,900
75th: $65,490
90th: $70,140

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Minnesota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

98.6%

Exact state RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$61,752

Goods: 100.5%
Services: 90.8%
Rents: 91.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Connecticut	$63,770	Compare	2,110
Washington	$63,420	Compare	2,620
Oregon	$62,990	Compare	1,670
Alaska	$61,910	Compare	50
North Dakota	$60,830	Compare	1,200
Montana	$60,730	Compare	1,020

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Minnesota

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Podiatrists	$224,280	0.83
Physicists	$222,550	0.15
Pediatricians, General	$212,380	1.10
Dentists, General	$209,820	1.16
Chief Executives	$194,160	1.67
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers	$184,560	N/A
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates	$182,790	0.97
Air Traffic Controllers	$176,030	1.49

Minnesota has salary data for 731 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Podiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Highway Maintenance Workers in Minnesota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Highway Maintenance Workers are projected to change by +3.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 12,300 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.