CAREER
Highway Maintenance Workers
Overview
Salary Median (2017)
$38,700
Projected Job Growth (2016-2026)
+6.9% (as fast as the average)
Most Common Level of Education
High School Diploma
Career
What Highway Maintenance Workers Do
Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement, repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road or plow snow from roadway.
Other Job Titles Highway Maintenance Workers May Have
Equipment Operator (EO), Highway Maintainer, Highway Maintenance Crew Worker, Highway Maintenance Technician, Highway Maintenance Worker, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Worker, Transportation Maintenance Operator, Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS), Transportation Worker
Tasks & Responsibilities May Include
- Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.
- Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
- Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.
- Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.
- Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.
Education
Level of Education Attained by Highway Maintenance Workers
Most common level of education among people in
this career: High School Diploma (88%)
High School Diploma
88%
Less than a High School Diploma
5%
Associate's Degree
5%
Other*
1%
*All other responses combined for clarity.
Majors Related to Career
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