Highway Maintenance Workers · SOC 47-4051
Highway Maintenance Workers Salary in the South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Highway Maintenance Workers in the South Illinois nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $49,260 per year ($23.68 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,760 at the 10th percentile to $100,790 at the 90th. BLS estimates 870 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Highway Maintenance Workers in the South Illinois nonmetropolitan area earn more than $49,260 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,730 and $72,780.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $34,760 | $43,730 | $49,260 | $72,780 | $100,790 |
| Hourly | $16.71 | $21.02 | $23.68 | $34.99 | $48.46 |
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
- South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,260 median for South Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,730 to $72,780
- Illinoisstate$61,700 median for Illinois; middle half earns $45,550 to $88,790
- 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 −20% vs Illinois overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Illinois
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for highway maintenance workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- South Illinois nonmetropolitan areathis page$49,260 median for South Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,730 to $72,780
- $76,220 median for Chicago metro area; middle half earns $53,130 to $91,140
- $73,080 median for Kankakee metro area; middle half earns $45,680 to $78,570
- $71,320 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $46,730 to $100,790
- $65,730 median for Champaign metro area; middle half earns $48,780 to $95,000
- $61,410 median for Peoria metro area; middle half earns $45,300 to $81,320
- $61,290 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $44,370 to $87,940
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 South Illinois 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.