Highway Maintenance Workers Salary in Staunton, VA

Highway Maintenance Workers pay range in Staunton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $45,990 a year or less, while the top 10% make $57,630 or more. The middle half of highway maintenance workers in Staunton earn between $47,480 and $52,090.

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

Highway Maintenance Workers salary after taxes in Staunton

On the average salary of $50,320, a single filer in Staunton takes home about $40,533 a year, or $3,378 a month and $1,559 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Staunton area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.1), so the average $50,320 buys what about $55,219 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Staunton ($48,040). A typical home costs $334,927, or 6.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Highway Maintenance Workers salary in other Virginia cities

Staunton ranks 4th of 9 Virginia metro areas for this job; Richmond pays the most ($53,350).

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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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• Construction and Building Inspectors$71,370 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$72,180 a year
• Electricians$62,350 a year
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• Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$55,060 a year
• Carpenters$53,040 a year
• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$51,470 a year
• Brickmasons and Blockmasons$49,120 a year

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