Transportation Workers, All Other Salary and Pay
How much do Transportation Workers, All Other make?
The median Transportation Workers, All Other worker earns $39,630 a year ($19.05), and the mean annual wage is $45,040. BLS counted 10,960 people in this occupation in May 2024. The middle half of earners make between $32,630 and $53,350.
One page for the whole Transportation Workers, All Other pay distribution: national ladder first, then all 36 state rows and the metro rankings, every figure from BLS OEWS May 2024.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Every level in the picker is a published BLS figure for Transportation Workers, All Other, not a national average. Annual-to-hourly conversions divide by 2,080 hours, the survey's full-time year; top-coded levels use $239,200, the floor BLS prints, so the true figure is higher.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $27,780 | $13.36 |
| 25th percentile | $32,630 | $15.69 |
| Median (50th) | $39,630 | $19.05 |
| 75th percentile | $53,350 | $25.65 |
| 90th percentile | $65,810 | $31.64 |
The five rows are five different workers in the same occupation, from the 10th percentile ($27,780) to the 90th ($65,810). BLS suppresses cells that fail its reliability rules (n/p here) and caps the highest wages at $239,200+ a year or $115.00+ an hour; in this ladder that top code appears at the very top rows only.
Employment and concentration
The occupation employed 10,960 people in May 2024, 0.01% of every job BLS counted. Louisiana is the largest employer at 1,650 jobs, and the leading three states between them hold 32.4% of the workforce. Concentration peaks in Louisiana, whose location quotient of 12.15 says this work is 12.15 times as dense there as it is nationwide.
One in ten workers in this field earns $27,780 or less, and one in ten earns $65,810 or more, so the top-to-bottom ratio is 2.4 to 1 and the annual gap is $38,030. The mean ($45,040) versus median ($39,630) comparison shows a right-skewed ladder where senior and specialist roles lift the average in this occupation.
Pay by state
New Jersey posts the highest median annual wage in the state table at $70,700, and Louisiana the largest headcount. The full table, sorted by employment:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1,650 | 0.9 | 12.15 | $36,770 | $34,040 |
| Tennessee | 1,250 | 0.4 | 5.39 | $53,790 | $50,850 |
| Georgia | 650 | 0.1 | 1.88 | $42,370 | $44,360 |
| California | 550 | 0.0 | 0.43 | $49,790 | $48,910 |
| Illinois | 550 | 0.1 | 1.28 | $44,200 | $35,240 |
| Texas | 520 | 0.0 | 0.53 | $42,860 | $35,510 |
| Nevada | 510 | 0.3 | 4.65 | $39,830 | $39,420 |
| Michigan | 410 | 0.1 | 1.30 | $37,500 | $34,940 |
| District of Columbia | 370 | 0.5 | 7.44 | $56,750 | $47,960 |
| Florida | 360 | 0.0 | 0.52 | $45,410 | $44,210 |
| New York | 340 | 0.0 | 0.50 | $54,440 | $42,620 |
| Indiana | 290 | 0.1 | 1.27 | $37,930 | $32,880 |
| Maryland | 230 | 0.1 | 1.20 | $40,340 | $33,280 |
| Minnesota | 230 | 0.1 | 1.13 | $42,750 | $40,830 |
| Oklahoma | 220 | 0.1 | 1.85 | n/p | n/p |
| Ohio | 210 | 0.0 | 0.55 | $41,030 | $37,190 |
| Missouri | 170 | 0.1 | 0.83 | $36,470 | $32,630 |
| Wisconsin | 170 | 0.1 | 0.84 | $46,650 | $43,450 |
| Connecticut | 150 | 0.1 | 1.25 | $36,230 | $33,400 |
| Hawaii | 140 | 0.2 | 3.10 | n/p | n/p |
| New Jersey | 140 | 0.0 | 0.47 | $69,070 | $70,700 |
| Virginia | 90 | 0.0 | 0.31 | $47,720 | $45,340 |
| Washington | 90 | 0.0 | 0.35 | $60,410 | $63,400 |
| New Hampshire | 60 | 0.1 | 1.33 | $31,680 | $29,070 |
| South Carolina | 60 | 0.0 | 0.37 | $51,350 | $45,340 |
| Arizona | 50 | 0.0 | 0.22 | $52,000 | $48,140 |
| Delaware | 50 | 0.1 | 1.39 | $36,350 | $31,200 |
| Mississippi | 50 | 0.0 | 0.56 | $33,530 | $32,930 |
| Nebraska | 50 | 0.1 | 0.74 | $36,770 | $28,700 |
| Utah | 50 | 0.0 | 0.41 | $59,140 | $65,290 |
| Kansas | 40 | 0.0 | 0.44 | $39,990 | $41,090 |
| Rhode Island | 40 | 0.1 | 1.06 | $38,660 | $33,190 |
| Arkansas | n/p | n/p | n/p | $38,060 | $38,540 |
| New Mexico | n/p | n/p | n/p | $33,180 | $34,670 |
| North Carolina | n/p | n/p | n/p | $39,820 | $35,840 |
| Pennsylvania | n/p | n/p | n/p | $36,260 | $27,730 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Transportation Workers, All Other stands number 675 by employment and number 711 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Transportation and Material Moving Occupations, the group median wage is $52,310 across 50 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 24% less than its group median, and it supplies 0.1% of the group's 13,645,590 jobs. In 15 of the 34 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $39,630, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV is the largest metro employer with 480 jobs, 4.4% of the national total. Two rankings follow across the 45 metros BLS publishes for this occupation: where the jobs are, then where the money is, with the pay ranking restricted to metros employing at least 500 people in this occupation to keep small samples out of the lead.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 480 | $39,790 | $39,420 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 450 | $45,160 | $35,720 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 450 | $54,640 | $47,960 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 430 | $44,290 | $37,310 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 360 | $41,730 | $42,770 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 330 | $60,280 | $59,690 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 250 | $37,600 | $37,200 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 220 | $38,990 | $36,620 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 200 | $55,120 | $50,510 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 180 | $45,970 | $45,240 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
Budget arithmetic on the median: $3,302 a month before tax, $1,524 biweekly, $762 weekly. Moving from the 25th percentile ($32,630) to the 75th ($53,350) is worth $20,720 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. To turn any of these gross figures into spendable money, run them through the paycheck calculator; to weigh an offer against your current role, use the salary calculator; to test a raise against prices, the raise vs inflation calculator.
To place a real offer: a salary of $43,593 would sit between the median ($39,630) and the 75th percentile ($53,350), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $32,630, is $7,000 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
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Frequently asked questions
How much do Transportation Workers, All Other make?
The median annual wage is $39,630 and the mean is $45,040 in the BLS OEWS May 2024 estimates. The middle half of workers earn between $32,630 and $53,350 a year.
Which state pays Transportation Workers, All Other the most?
By median annual wage, New Jersey leads the state table at $70,700, based on 140 jobs in that state. By mean wage and by headcount the leaders can differ, so the state table on this page shows all three measures side by side.
How many Transportation Workers, All Other are there in the United States?
BLS counted 10,960 wage and salary workers in this occupation in May 2024, 0.01% of all U.S. employment in the survey. The largest state employer is Louisiana with 1,650 jobs.
What do the OEWS percentiles mean for Transportation Workers, All Other?
They mark points in this occupation's pay distribution. One worker in ten earns $27,780 or less and one in ten earns $65,810 or more; the median, $39,630, is the wage of the worker exactly in the middle of the 10,960 counted jobs.