Highway Maintenance Workers Salary in Lincoln, NE

Highway Maintenance Workers pay range in Lincoln

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $43,680 a year or less, while the top 10% make $61,450 or more. The middle half of highway maintenance workers in Lincoln earn between $44,480 and $57,740.

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

Highway Maintenance Workers salary after taxes in Lincoln

On the average salary of $51,070, a single filer in Lincoln takes home about $41,771 a year, or $3,481 a month and $1,607 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Lincoln area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.6), so the average $51,070 buys what about $55,765 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Lincoln ($49,800). A typical home costs $304,242, or 6.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Highway Maintenance Workers salary in other Nebraska cities

Lincoln ranks 3rd of 3 Nebraska metro areas for this job; Grand Island pays the most ($55,950).

All Highway Maintenance Workers salaries in Nebraska

Highest-paying cities for highway maintenance workers

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

Highway Maintenance Workers salary by city

Related jobs in Lincoln

• Construction and Building Inspectors$65,080 a year
• Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$50,180 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,720 a year
• Electricians$63,530 a year
• Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$61,520 a year
• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$58,900 a year
• Structural Iron and Steel Workers$57,760 a year
• Sheet Metal Workers$57,590 a year

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