Transportation & Material Moving Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    11.9M
    Average Age
    41.4
    Average Salary
    $45,249
    Average Male Salary
    $48,888
    Average Female Salary
    $32,172

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    Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are most often employed by the Truck transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations was $45,249 in 2024.

    The locations that employ the most Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are Johnson County PUMA, TX, San Bernardino County (Southwest)--San Bernardino City (West) PUMA, CA, and San Bernardino County (Southwest)--Ontario City PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are San Bernardino County (Southwest)--Fontana City (East) PUMA, CA, Union County (Northeast)--Elizabeth PUMA, NJ, and Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN.

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    Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Transportation & Material Moving Occupations workforce. Transportation & Material Moving Occupations workforce in 2024 was 11,873,333 people, of which 21.8% were women and 78.2% were men.

    Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are paid most in Palm Beach County (Central)--Wellington Village & Agricultural Reserve PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in San Bernardino County (Southwest)--Fontana City (East) PUMA, CA.

    Employment Over Time

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    9,288,794
    Male Workforce
    ± 72.5k
    2,584,539
    Female Workforce
    ± 39.1k

    The Transportation & Material Moving Occupations workforce in 2024 was 11,873,333 people (21.8% women and 78.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 39% between 2014 (8,543,240) and 2024 (11,873,333).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($78,944), Hawaii ($54,370), and Washington ($52,454).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $45,249
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #11 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Transportation & Material Moving Occupations earned an average of $45,249, $24,628 less than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.422
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Transportation & Material Moving Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.422, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Transportation & Material Moving Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Truck transportation is the industry that employs the most Transportation & Material Moving Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations, by average wage, is Air transportation ($120,688).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    11.9M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 81,294
    0.695%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 0.963%

    This graphic shows the share of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations employed by various industries. Truck transportation employs the largest share of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations at 36.5%, followed by Warehouse clubs, supercenters, & other general merchandise retailers with 25.7% and Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 20.4%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Transportation & Material Moving Occupations in the US. The workforce of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations in 2024 was 11,873,333 people, with 21.8% woman, and 78.2% men. The average age of male Transportation & Material Moving Occupations in the workforce is 41.6 and of female Transportation & Material Moving Occupations is 40.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations in 2024 was 11,873,333 people, with 21.8% woman, and 78.2% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (1,463,025 people), 25 to 29 years (1,280,387  people), and 30 to 34 years (1,224,258 people). Among them they concentrated 33.4% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 24.8% of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations workers were Hispanic and 75.2% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (57.8%), Puerto Rican (10.6)%, and Dominican (4.71)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 52.5% of the Transportation & Material Moving Occupations workforce were White, of which 20.3% were women and 79.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (18.5%) and Two or More Races (13.7%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Transportation.

    Among the necessary skills for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations, Operation and Control stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Transportation & Material Moving Occupations need more than the average amount of Operation and Control.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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    The most common majors achieved by Transportation & Material Moving Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (307,582 people), Engineering (109,762 people), and Social Sciences (95,209 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Transportation & Material Moving Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (5,245,034 people), Some college (2,755,723 people), and Secondary Education (1,269,031 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Transportation & Material Moving Occupations need many skills, but most especially Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Critical Thinking.

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