Ramsey County, Minnesota / Highway Maintenance Supervisor
Role across Ramsey County, Minnesota
Highway Maintenance Supervisor
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
13 people hold the Highway Maintenance Supervisor role across 1 department in Ramsey County, Minnesota, with a median total compensation of $80,201. Among 2 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Ramsey County, Minnesota ranks #1 by median pay.
- Employees
- 13
- Median pay
- $80,201
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #1 of 2
Compared with the local labor market
Highway Maintenance Supervisor pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers — about 8,310 people — is $103,290. Ramsey County, Minnesota pays a median base salary of $73,639 for this role, 29% below that figure — about the 20th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Ramsey County, Minnesota sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Ramsey County, Minnesota’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers — about 812,210 people — is $79,920. Ramsey County, Minnesota’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 40th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 12 of 13 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Ramsey County, Minnesota is $80,201, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Highway Maintenance Supervisor pay in other jurisdictions
Where Highway Maintenance Supervisors are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Highway Maintenance Supervisor roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Ramsey County, Minnesota
Department with this role
The Ramsey County, Minnesota department holding this role
The one department in Ramsey County, Minnesota that reports this role. The bar links to that department’s page for it.