Taxi drivers & chauffeurs

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Total Workforce

458k

Average Age

46.8

Average Salary

$27,154

Average Male Salary

$28,370

Average Female Salary

$21,212

About

Taxi drivers & chauffeurs are most often employed by the Taxi & limousine service industry. The average yearly wage for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs was $27,154 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Taxi drivers & chauffeurs by wage are Textile knitting & weaving machine setters, operators, & tenders, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and Textile winding, twisting, & drawing out machine setters, operators, & tenders.

Taxi drivers & chauffeurs are part of the Transportation Occupations, along with Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, Flight attendants, Ambulance drivers & attendants, except emergency medical technicians, and 17 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Taxi drivers & chauffeurs are Sunnyside & Woodside PUMA, NY, Spring Valley & Summerlin South PUMA, NV, and Washington Heights, Inwood & Marble Hill PUMA, NY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs are Sunnyside & Woodside PUMA, NY, Philadelphia City (Near Northeast-West) PUMA, PA, and Miami City (North) PUMA, FL.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Taxi drivers & chauffeurs and on wages and locations for those in the field. Taxi & limousine service is the industry that employs the most Taxi drivers & chauffeurs, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs, by average wage, is Performing arts, spectator sports & related industries. Taxi drivers & chauffeurs are paid most in Chatham County (West Central)Savannah City PUMA, GA but are relatively concentrated in Sunnyside & Woodside PUMA, NY.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$27,154

AVERAGE SALARY

± $970

In 2017, Taxi drivers & chauffeurs earned an average of $27,154, $26,735 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Textile knitting & weaving machine setters, operators, & tenders make somewhat more than Taxi drivers & chauffeurs while Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Taxi drivers & chauffeurs as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.414

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Taxi drivers & chauffeurs had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.414, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Taxi drivers & chauffeurs, by number of employees, are Taxi & limousine service, Services incidental to transportation, and Bus service & urban transit.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs, by average wage, are Performing arts, spectator sports & related industries, Motion pictures & video industries, and Other administrative & other support services.

Industries by Share

458k

2017 Workforce

± 16,590

21%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.45%

The number of people employed as Taxi drivers & chauffeurs has been growing at a rate of 21%, from 378,394 people in 2016 to 458,026 people in 2017.

This graphic shows the share of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs employed by various industries. Taxi & limousine service employs the largest share of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs at 69.1%, followed by Services incidental to transportation with 3.35% and Bus service & urban transit with 2.37%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Taxi drivers & chauffeurs in the US. The average age of male Taxi drivers & chauffeurs in the workforce is 47.1 and of female Taxi drivers & chauffeurs is 45.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

380k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 15,119

77.8k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,848

83% of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

40.3% of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 25.6% of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs.

Age by Gender

47.1

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.599

45.1

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.24

The median age of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs is 46.8, and Male employees are generally 1.99 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs is Business but a relatively high number of Taxi drivers & chauffeurs hold a major in Theology.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Taxi drivers & chauffeurs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Taxi drivers & chauffeurs need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Operation and Control, and Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Taxi drivers & chauffeurs need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.