BTS | Table 3-22b: Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers in Transportation by Detailed Occupation (1998 Standard Occupational Classification [SOC] basis)

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Table 3-22b: Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers in Transportation by Detailed Occupation (1998 Standard Occupational Classification [SOC] basis)

(Current $)

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	2000	2001	2002	2003
All occupations^a	576	596	608	620
Transportation and material moving occupations	481	504	514	520
Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers	671	648	709	705
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	1,193	1,040	1,233	1,350
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	1,090	1,123	1,041	1,583
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	580	521	456	322
Bus drivers	462	467	499	501
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	551	585	599	603
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	451	484	488	481
Motor vehicle operators, all other	509	508	409	353
Locomotive engineers and operators	870	953	963	925
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	689	753	792	880
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	817	927	818	884
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers	754	727	579	515
Sailors and marine oilers	508	697	701	616
Ship and boat captains and operators	779	848	899	944
Ship engineers	712	1,190	1,181	1,154
Bridge and lock tenders	935	560	667	726
Parking lot attendants	316	329	341	350
Service station attendants	314	335	362	369
Transportation inspectors	731	696	747	847
Other transportation workers	483	491	645	652
Conveyor operators and tenders	465	488	350	363
Crane and tower operators	675	688	694	589
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators	572	617	602	653
Hoist and winch operators	733	610	604	789
Industrial truck and tractor operators	448	477	499	488
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	361	363	354	373
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	401	426	420	464
Machine feeders and offbearers	412	403	433	437
Packers and packagers, hand	313	332	338	348
Pumping station operators	730	622	786	801
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	435	505	430	456
Shuttle car operators	992	696	1,030	741
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	420	703	506	589
Material moving workers, all other	491	463	516	515

^a Earnings for all full-time workers, 16 years and older workers, not just transportation related.

NOTES

The 1998 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System was developed by the Federal Government in response to a growing need for a universal occupational classification system. The SOC is being adopted by all Federal agencies and consists of 821 detailed occupations, grouped into 449 broad occupations, 96 minor groups, and 23 major groups.

Use care in comparing the figures in this table with those in table 3-21. This table does not include part-time employees.

Table 3-21 includes weighted part-time employees' salaries.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, table A-26, personal communication, Oct. 4, 2004.