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Highway / Road Maintenance Worker (DOT) in Minnesota

Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) lists 2 job classes for this work in the Minnesota state pay plan: Transp Generalist, Transp Generalist Senior.

$52,395 – $72,987
state pay plan range, a year
2
classes in the state plan
$63,150
median pay in MN, all employers
4,610
workers in MN (SOC 47-4051)

Sources: Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), State of Minnesota Salary Plan — Classifications and Salary Ranges (report LR0067); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Minnesota state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 2, 2026. These are the ranges Minnesota sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Transp Generalist
Class 003685
Grade 67I
$25.19 – $31.60 a hour
$52,395 – $65,728 a year
Transp Generalist Senior
Class 003676
Grade 69J
$27.14 – $35.09 a hour
$56,451 – $72,987 a year

Schedule: Salary grid TSS. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), State of Minnesota Salary Plan — Classifications and Salary Ranges (report LR0067). Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Minnesota, all employers Sourced

Highway Maintenance Workers (SOC 47-4051) in Minnesota, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureMN
Workers4,610
10th percentile$45,660
Median$63,150
90th percentile$72,650
National median, government employers$50,450

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Free practice tests for Minnesota

Source: Open Exam Prep, Open Exam Prep free practice tests. Data captured October 1, 2026. Each link was opened and its exam title checked on the date shown.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Highway / Road Maintenance Worker (DOT) page.

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