Job outlook for highway maintenance workers in the United States

Highway maintenance worker job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected highway maintenance worker job growth rate is 0% from 2018-2028.

• About -100 new jobs for highway maintenance workers are projected over the next decade.

• Highway maintenance worker salaries have increased 9% for highway maintenance workers in the last 5 years.

• There are over 39,409 highway maintenance workers currently employed in the United States.

• There are 72,179 active highway maintenance worker job openings in the US.

• The average highway maintenance worker salary is $40,488.

Compare the number of highway maintenance worker jobs and the average highway maintenance worker salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of highway maintenance worker job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where highway maintenance workers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.