Transportation and Material Moving Occupations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

42 occupations · 2024 BLS OEWS data

Transportation and material moving occupations include truck drivers, pilots, warehouse workers, and others who move people and goods by land, air, and sea. The table below shows 2024 wage data for these occupations as reported in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Air Traffic Controllers	—	—	600
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	—	$299,120	4,390
Commercial Pilots	$167,210	$181,430	950
Ship Engineers	$130,180	$124,690	690
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$116,620	$117,340	2,850
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	$88,080	$79,660	—
Transportation Inspectors	$80,260	$86,010	560
Wellhead Pumpers	$78,290	$75,650	3,940
Crane and Tower Operators	$75,450	$71,430	2,390
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$70,660	$66,550	4,640
Motorboat Operators	$63,090	$62,770	—
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$59,890	$64,800	13,820
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	$59,560	$65,790	1,720
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$58,600	$65,280	1,540
Subway and Streetcar Operators	$57,200	$52,960	200
Flight Attendants	$57,170	$51,840	5,800
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$55,500	$57,170	49,210
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers	$54,230	$52,890	270
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$49,820	$63,520	350
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$49,740	$46,140	290
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$49,070	$48,830	3,240
Traffic Technicians	$48,070	$50,700	130
Airfield Operations Specialists	$46,690	$62,690	280
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$46,240	$45,750	23,910
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$45,480	$44,810	2,420
Light Truck Drivers	$43,690	$48,460	17,040
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$41,800	$42,760	700
Bus Drivers, School	$41,730	$42,420	8,700
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$37,600	$39,480	52,970
Stockers and Order Fillers	$36,200	$37,860	63,070
Aircraft Service Attendants	$35,720	$38,200	800
Transportation Workers, All Other	$35,510	$44,720	160
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$33,990	$33,710	2,990
Passenger Attendants	$31,900	$31,730	1,390
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	$31,280	$32,800	90
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	$31,260	$35,670	810
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$30,330	$32,020	10,830
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$30,190	$33,070	2,200
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$29,810	$32,600	9,270
Parking Attendants	$29,800	$29,880	2,800
Driver/Sales Workers	$29,290	$34,240	9,180
Rail Transportation Workers, All Other	$21,290	$30,310	50