Highway Maintenance Workers Salary in Lawrence, KS

Highway Maintenance Workers pay range in Lawrence

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $45,100 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,190 or more. The middle half of highway maintenance workers in Lawrence earn between $48,360 and $60,010.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Highway Maintenance Workers salary after taxes in Lawrence

On the average salary of $56,310, a single filer in Lawrence takes home about $45,083 a year, or $3,757 a month and $1,734 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Lawrence a good place for highway maintenance workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Lawrence area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.2), so the average $56,310 buys what about $62,398 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Lawrence ($47,390). A typical home costs $340,687, or 6.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Highway Maintenance Workers salary in other Kansas cities

Lawrence ranks 1st of 4 Kansas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Highway Maintenance Workers salaries in Kansas

Highest-paying cities for highway maintenance workers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($84,480).

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