Highway Maintenance Workers · SOC 47-4051
Highway Maintenance Workers Salary in the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Highway Maintenance Workers in the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,700 per year ($24.38 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,870 at the 10th percentile to $61,530 at the 90th. BLS estimates 260 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Highway Maintenance Workers in the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,700 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,480 and $54,920.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $36,870 | $47,480 | $50,700 | $54,920 | $61,530 |
| Hourly | $17.72 | $22.83 | $24.38 | $26.40 | $29.58 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$50,700 median for Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,480 to $54,920
- Virginiastate$50,800 median for Virginia; middle half earns $46,870 to $56,570
- United Statesnational$50,260 median for United States; middle half earns $43,500 to $61,040
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs Virginia overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Virginia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for highway maintenance workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,700 median for Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,480 to $54,920
- $53,770 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $49,480 to $58,330
- $51,230 median for Charlottesville metro area; middle half earns $48,200 to $54,580
- $49,990 median for Winchester metro area; middle half earns $48,830 to $53,290
- $49,750 median for Harrisonburg metro area; middle half earns $46,760 to $53,000
- $49,750 median for Staunton metro area; middle half earns $47,480 to $52,090
- $49,400 median for Blacksburg metro area; middle half earns $47,400 to $52,550
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for highway maintenance workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.