Transportation and Material Moving Occupations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

46 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	—	$291,240	9,680
Commercial Pilots	$224,840	$231,160	1,270
Air Traffic Controllers	$180,090	$162,160	1,090
Hoist and Winch Operators	$141,930	$102,960	—
Ship Engineers	$131,650	$124,990	680
Flight Attendants	$128,050	$128,190	16,500
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers	$108,350	$101,340	70
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$106,590	$106,820	2,510
Crane and Tower Operators	$94,370	$132,880	1,460
Transportation Inspectors	$91,150	$86,400	3,990
Subway and Streetcar Operators	$87,940	$87,620	3,960
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$80,560	$77,080	290
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters	$78,050	$72,850	3,860
Traffic Technicians	$71,970	$71,490	790
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$70,700	$71,410	19,130
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$67,090	$71,830	34,710
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$65,220	$69,180	64,440
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$64,000	$70,520	270
Locomotive Engineers	$63,750	$64,950	40
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$63,670	$63,930	13,230
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$61,090	$63,130	1,610
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$60,350	$63,740	840
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	$60,320	$65,000	—
Transportation Workers, All Other	$59,690	$60,280	330
Bus Drivers, School	$59,600	$59,010	27,980
Motorboat Operators	$59,050	$59,290	190
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	$58,170	$59,920	120
Bridge and Lock Tenders	$52,870	$54,530	130
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers	$52,590	$54,470	130
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$47,780	$52,800	22,630
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$47,490	$47,180	850
Light Truck Drivers	$46,870	$52,020	57,980
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	$45,800	$51,490	3,130
Aircraft Service Attendants	$45,380	$47,200	2,280
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$44,600	$48,480	17,550
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$43,990	$45,750	430
Driver/Sales Workers	$43,480	$45,150	23,350
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$42,290	$40,040	55,160
Airfield Operations Specialists	$41,450	$50,310	1,770
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$41,270	$44,880	122,030
Passenger Attendants	$40,460	$40,860	4,180
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$39,490	$44,150	19,850
Stockers and Order Fillers	$38,210	$41,550	130,860
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	$36,720	$39,240	600
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$36,000	$37,280	8,210
Parking Attendants	$35,300	$36,700	13,490