Profession
Highway Maintenance Workers
Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.
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New Zealand
Salary data
Official salary rows can differ by local occupation, year and gender.
🇳🇿 New Zealand2026
Roading construction workerTahatū Career Ideas T00745
GroupAll
Median81,000 NZD
AverageN/A
Middle 50%64,000 NZD - 102,000 NZD
Decile range50,000 NZD - 125,000 NZD
Bottom decile50,000 NZD
Top decile125,000 NZD
🇳🇿 New Zealand2026
RoadmarkerTahatū Career Ideas T01058
GroupAll
Median79,000 NZD
AverageN/A
Middle 50%61,000 NZD - 101,000 NZD
Decile range50,000 NZD - 124,000 NZD
Bottom decile50,000 NZD
Top decile124,000 NZD
🇳🇿 New Zealand2026
Traffic controllerTahatū Career Ideas T00569
GroupAll
Median68,000 NZD
AverageN/A
Middle 50%53,000 NZD - 86,000 NZD
Decile range50,000 NZD - 108,000 NZD
Bottom decile50,000 NZD
Top decile108,000 NZD
Sources
- Tahatū Career Navigator remuneration estimates accessed 2026-06-122026 - Tahatū Career Ideas
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🇳🇿 New ZealandTraffic controller