Highway Maintenance Worker pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 90020
- Class code
- 90020
- Pay scale group
- ST 02
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Highway Maintenance Worker is $32,724 to $47,863 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 90020.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/16/1999.
What the state says the job is
This is manual and unskilled work in highway maintenance and construction operations. An employee in this class performs manual laboring duties and uses hand tools on highway maintenance and construction projects. On occasion, an employee may be required to drive an automobile or pick-up truck. New duties are assigned with detailed instructions and the use of hand tools and project work methods are usually demonstrated. All work is subject to close supervision, in progress and upon completion, although routine, repetitive duties, once learned, may be performed more independently.
Examples of the work
Loads and unloads materials and tools from trucks. Patches highway surfaces by cleaning broken or unsuitable material from holes, trimming edges, filling holes with patching material and leveling material surface. Drives automobile or pick-up truck to pick up, transport and deliver equipment parts, equipment, or personnel to the garage area or construction site; drives the pick-up at the construction site transporting personnel, equipment parts, and equipment to include sign boards or towing of portable equipment. Washes, dusts and polishes floors and fixtures; cleans lavatories and replaces lavatory supplies; shovels snow, sweeps walks and disposes of trash.
Minimum qualifications
No previous experience or training required.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Highway Maintenance Worker in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | $20.39 | $30.06 | $42,411 to $62,519 |
| New Mexico | $18.69 | $28.04 | $38,875 to $58,323 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.