BTS | Table 3-22: Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers in Transportation by Detailed Occupation

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Table 3-22: Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers in Transportation by Detailed Occupation

(Current $)

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	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
16 years and over, all^a	343	412	426	440	459	467	479	490	503	523	549	576
Airplane pilots and navigators	738	910	931	884	1,076	1,013	956	1,138	1,079	1,383	1,048	1,283
Public transportation attendants	N	635	N	N	733	452	450	417	521	524	604	568
Motor vehicle operators	343	400	405	415	434	452	475	473	496	503	514	543
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators	N	520	500	494	583	512	549	583	589	595	585	688
Truck drivers	N	N	N	417	442	467	481	481	506	516	527	564
Drivers-sales workers	399	439	458	484	478	461	517	506	524	526	534	558
Bus drivers	344	355	378	400	403	392	419	396	405	428	428	460
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs	262	307	342	312	312	374	352	374	405	379	427	468
Nonmotor vehicle operators	559	687	716	700	714	631	711	691	761	834	761	816
Rail transportation operators	599	717	774	717	722	701	741	740	814	849	816	863
Water transportation	463	547	576	610	667	582	624	586	641	812	604	778

KEY: N = data do not exist.

^a Earnings for all full-time workers, not just transportation related.

NOTES: 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.

SOURCES:

Water transportation: 1985–1999: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished data, Mar. 1, 1999 and Mar. 11, 1999, and Apr. 25, 2000 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings (Washington, DC: Annual January issues), table 39 of the Household Data Annual Averages Tables. Available at http://www.stats.bls.gov/pdf/cpsaat39.pdf.