Highway Maintenance Workers · SOC 47-4051

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Highway Maintenance Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for highway maintenance workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 351 metro areas

Highway Maintenance Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$79,000	360	0.3
2	Vallejo, CA	$76,510	100	0.7
3	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$76,220	4,110	0.9
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$75,030	820	0.4
5	Kankakee, IL	$73,080	100	2.3
6	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$72,910	90	0.9
7	Springfield, IL	$71,320	180	1.8
8	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$71,140	80	0.6
9	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$68,720	130	1.1
10	Albany, OR	$68,600	40	0.9
11	Napa, CA	$66,830	60	0.7
12	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$66,550	90	0.4
13	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$66,310	810	1.4
14	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$66,080	80	0.6
15	Champaign-Urbana, IL	$65,730	290	2.7
16	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$65,450	360	0.9
17	Bozeman, MT	$65,440	60	0.8
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$65,300	550	0.5
19	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$65,120	80	1.5
20	Fond du Lac, WI	$64,940	100	2.3
21	Salem, OR	$64,550	150	0.8
22	Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$64,500	110	1.4
23	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$64,430	80	1.6
24	Bend, OR	$64,420	130	1.2
25	New Haven, CT	$64,310	250	0.9

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Highway Maintenance Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.