How much do Highway Maintenance Workers make in Wilmington, NC?

Percentile spread

For Highway Maintenance Workers, the published 10th percentile is $33,870 and the 90th percentile is $58,800. The difference is $24,930, which is 51.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $44,550 to the 75th at $53,270, covers $8,720.

The mean annual wage is $47,970, which sits below the median of $48,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wilmington, NC median is 2.8% lower than the national median of $50,260 for Highway Maintenance Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,652, which is 0.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% higher than the North Carolina median of $47,880.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wilmington, NC is 96.422, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Highway Maintenance Workers at $50,652 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Highway Maintenance Workers. Wilmington, NC ranks 9th of 16 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 59 miles away, with a median of $47,330 and employment of 70. That median is 3.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,544, against $50,652 here.
• Goldsboro, NC is 76 miles away, with a median of $48,870 and employment of 40. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,244, against $50,652 here.
• Fayetteville, NC is 76 miles away, with a median of $48,870 and employment of 110. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,132, against $50,652 here.

Employment share

Highway Maintenance Workers accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Wilmington, NC (110 of 191,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (154,960 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.