Related Career Paths
Asphalt Laborer
Equipment Mechanic
General Transportation Tech
Front-End Loader
Hot Mix Plant Operator
Asphalt Laborer
Starting salary: $40,000-$47,000. Asphalt laborers are hands on with pouring, smoothing and setting the asphalt on roads, pathways, and parking lots. The asphalt laborer looks after the mat; raking, sweeping, and lining out the road, as well as working alongside large equipment.
Equipment Mechanic
Starting Range: $37,200 – $49,134. An equipment mechanic performs repair,maintenance, and inspection related work for vehicles and heavy equipment used in construction of highways/bridges, as well as inspecting work performed by contracted vendors. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments and report to a supervisor.
General Transportation Tech
Salary Range: $37,200 – $49,134. A general transportation tech performs routine transportation operations, maintenance support and repair work on roadways, and preventive and minor maintenance on equipment/traffic control. They also provide help to the public during emergency situations.
Front-End Loader
Starting Salary: $33,280. A front-end loader operates various types of front end machines and vehicles that feed the hoppers at the asphalt plant with the necessary materials to produce asphalt.
Hot Mix Plant Operator
Starting salary range: $35,000- $46,000. A hot mix plant operator is incharge of loading hot mix asphalt into haul trucks, manufacture various asphalt products according to mix design and customer jobsite specifications, and operates plant equipment to regulate flow of materials to and from conveyors, chutes, pumps, and storage bins.
