Highway Maintenance Workers Salary in Appleton, WI

Highway Maintenance Workers pay range in Appleton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $49,460 a year or less, while the top 10% make $63,720 or more. The middle half of highway maintenance workers in Appleton earn between $57,420 and $62,870.

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

Highway Maintenance Workers salary after taxes in Appleton

On the average salary of $59,140, a single filer in Appleton takes home about $47,672 a year, or $3,973 a month and $1,834 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 (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Appleton area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.4), so the average $59,140 buys what about $63,991 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Appleton ($49,910). A typical home costs $350,370, or 5.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Highway Maintenance Workers salary in other Wisconsin cities

Appleton ranks 4th of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Racine pays the most ($62,640).

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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).

Highway Maintenance Workers salary by city

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