Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

66 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.

Top Metro Areas for Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

$70,228

avg median

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

$59,848

avg median

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

$61,854

avg median

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

$61,373

avg median

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

$54,462

avg median

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

$54,964

avg median

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

$50,075

avg median

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

$57,929

avg median

Occupation	SOC Code	Median Annual	Employed Nationwide
Air Traffic Controllers	53-2021	$144,580	22,400
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	53-1011	—	—
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	53-1041	$63,940	10,160
Aircraft Service Attendants	53-6032	$41,540	27,310
Aircraft Service Attendants and Transportation Workers, All Other	53-6098	—	—
Airfield Operations Specialists	53-2022	$56,750	16,640
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	53-2011	$226,600	99,300
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	53-3011	$34,330	12,080
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	53-6031	$34,850	98,270
Bridge and Lock Tenders	53-6011	$58,490	2,720
Bus Drivers, School	53-3051	$47,040	387,920
Bus Drivers, School or Special Client	53-3022	—	—
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	53-3021	—	—
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	53-3052	$57,440	148,980
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	53-5021	$85,540	35,390
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	53-7061	$35,270	373,960
Commercial Pilots	53-2012	$122,670	51,830
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	53-7011	$41,230	26,060
Crane and Tower Operators	53-7021	$66,370	42,000
Dredge Operators	53-7031	$48,430	1,030
Driver/Sales Workers	53-3031	$37,130	417,420
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators	53-7032	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand	53-1020	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand	53-1021	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	53-1048	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	53-1047	$61,890	605,510
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	53-1031	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	53-1030	—	—
Flight Attendants	53-2031	$67,130	130,110
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	53-7071	$71,510	5,110
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	53-3032	$57,440	2,070,480
Hoist and Winch Operators	53-7041	$52,310	2,480
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	53-7051	$46,390	805,770
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	53-7062	$38,940	2,982,530
Light Truck Drivers	53-3033	$44,140	994,410
Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining	53-7033	—	—
Locomotive Engineers	53-4011	$77,400	31,990
Locomotive Firers	53-4012	—	—
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	53-7063	$39,700	46,690
Material Moving Workers, All Other	53-7199	$41,690	25,190
Mine Shuttle Car Operators	53-7111	—	—
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	53-3099	$36,260	50,330
Motorboat Operators	53-5022	$51,880	2,380
Packers and Packagers, Hand	53-7064	$35,580	601,440
Parking Attendants	53-6021	$34,600	134,650
Passenger Attendants	53-6061	$37,560	25,340
Passenger Vehicle Drivers, Except Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	53-3058	—	—
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	53-7072	$60,020	12,600
Rail Transportation Workers, All Other	53-4099	$49,330	1,520
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers	53-4013	$58,030	3,300
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators	53-4021	—	—
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers	53-4022	$65,480	12,460
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters	53-4031	$74,080	42,710
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	53-7081	$48,350	139,180
Sailors and Marine Oilers	53-5011	$49,610	31,360
Ship Engineers	53-5031	$101,320	8,580
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	53-3053	$36,670	229,630
Stockers and Order Fillers	53-7065	$37,090	2,779,530
Subway and Streetcar Operators	53-4041	$84,830	9,200
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	53-7121	$58,070	10,920
Taxi Drivers	53-3054	$36,220	17,510
Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	53-3041	—	—
Traffic Technicians	53-6041	$58,480	7,580
Transportation Inspectors	53-6051	$85,750	23,320
Transportation Workers, All Other	53-6099	$39,630	10,960
Wellhead Pumpers	53-7073	$70,010	17,350