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Eastern Washington WDA: Columbia, Walla Walla counties
Qualification: Not in demand SOC code: 474051 Highway Maintenance Workers
Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rightsofway. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement, repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road or plow snow from roadway. Excludes “Tree Trimmers and Pruners" (373013).
According to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the typical level of education that most workers need to enter this occupation is: High school diploma or equivalent. Additional training, experience, licenses or credentials may be required. Learn more at BLS.
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*How we calculate wages - Source data for wages come from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey and are subject to restrictions and limitations of the survey. Self-employment, private households and agricultural employment, except for agricultural services, are excluded from OES. All wage estimations are adjusted as of March 2013. Learn more.

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Qualification status for Highway Maintenance Workers in the other WDAs included below, for relevant areas.
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QualificationSoc area
Not in demand All workforce development areas, all counties
Not in demand Pacific Mountain WDA: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston counties
Balanced Snohomish WDA: Snohomish County
Balanced Seattle King WDA: King County
Not in demand Pierce WDA: Pierce County
Not in demand Benton- Franklin WDA: Benton, Franklin counties
Not in demand Spokane WDA: Spokane County
Not in demand Northwest WDA: Whatcom county
Not in demand Southwest WDA: Cowlitz, Wahkiakum counties
Balanced North Central WDA: Chelan/Douglas counties
Not in demand South Central WDA: Kittitas County
Not in demand Olympic Consortium WDA: Kitsap county
Not in demand Northwest WDA: Skagit county
Not in demand Southwest WDA: Clark County
Balanced North Central WDA: Grant, Adams counties
Not in demand South Central WDA: Klickitat County