Transportation Occupations

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2023 Workforce
5.75M
Average Age
45.5
Average Salary
$55,665
Average Male Salary
$58,754
Average Female Salary
$37,918

About

Transportation Occupations are most often employed by the Truck transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Transportation Occupations was $55,665 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Transportation Occupations are Union County (Northeast)--Elizabeth PUMA, NJ, NYC-Queens Community District 12--Jamaica, St. Albans, & Hollis PUMA, NY, and Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Central)--Ector County, Odessa City PUMA, TX. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Transportation Occupations are N/A.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Transportation Occupations workforce. Transportation Occupations workforce in N/A was N/A people, of which N/A% were women and N/A% were men. Transportation Occupations are paid most in Palm Beach County (Central)--Wellington Village & Agricultural Reserve PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in N/A.

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The Transportation Occupations workforce in N/A was N/A people (N/A% women and N/A% men). This implies an average annual growth of N/A% between N/A (N/A) and N/A (N/A).

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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 Occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($91,354), Colorado ($64,967), and Washington ($64,446).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$55,665
AVERAGE WAGE
#14 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Transportation Occupations earned an average of $55,665, $12,062 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

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WAGE GINI

In N/A, Transportation Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of N/A, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Transportation 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 Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Truck transportation is the industry that employs the most Transportation Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Transportation Occupations, by average wage, is Aerospace products & parts manufacturing ($168,311).

Occupations by Industries

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5.75M
2023 Workforce
± 57,777
−0.471%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.42%

This graphic shows the share of Transportation Occupations employed by various industries. Truck transportation employs the largest share of Transportation Occupations at 53.9%, followed by uninformed with 17.1% and Bus service & urban transit with 14.8%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Transportation Occupations in the US. The workforce of Transportation Occupations in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men. The average age of male Transportation Occupations in the workforce is 45.6 and of female Transportation Occupations is 44.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Transportation Occupations is N/A.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Transportation Occupations in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were N/A years (N/A people), N/A years (N/A  people), and N/A years (N/A people). Among them they concentrated N/A% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 21.3% of Transportation Occupations workers were Hispanic and 78.7% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In 2023, N/A% of the Transportation Occupations workforce were N/A, of which N/A% were women and N/A% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were N/A (N/A%) and N/A (N/A%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Transportation Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Transportation Occupations is N/A but the most specialized major according to RCA in N/A were N/A.

Among the necessary skills for Transportation Occupations, Critical Thinking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Transportation 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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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Transportation Occupations in N/A (counting all academic degrees) were N/A.

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Transportation Occupations workers were N/A (N/A people), N/A (N/A people), and N/A (N/A people).

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Skills

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

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