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OES

May 2003 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

SOC major groups

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. These and other data elements, including the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages are available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

Click on the SOC Code Number to view an occupational profile.

			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment (1)	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (2)	Mean RSE (3)
53-0000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	9,414,920	$11.31	$13.27	$27,600	0.5 %
53-1011	Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	9,440	$17.64	$19.63	$40,830	1.8 %
53-1021	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand	154,750	$18.16	$19.19	$39,920	0.3 %
53-1031	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	214,030	$21.08	$22.58	$46,960	0.4 %
53-2011	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	79,770	(4)	(4)	$129,880	3.8 %
53-2012	Commercial Pilots	19,980	(4)	(4)	$57,950	2.7 %
53-2021	Air Traffic Controllers	23,040	$46.28	$44.83	$93,240	0.8 %
53-2022	Airfield Operations Specialists	5,660	$18.79	$20.85	$43,380	2.5 %
53-3011	Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	17,650	$9.14	$9.73	$20,230	1.5 %
53-3021	Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	194,400	$14.29	$14.98	$31,160	2.0 %
53-3022	Bus Drivers, School	467,840	$10.86	$11.05	$22,990	0.6 %
53-3031	Driver/Sales Workers	380,120	$9.79	$11.38	$23,660	1.4 %
53-3032	Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer	1,528,630	$16.01	$16.51	$34,330	0.3 %
53-3033	Truck Drivers, Light Or Delivery Services	943,840	$11.58	$12.76	$26,530	0.5 %
53-3041	Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	131,570	$9.14	$10.22	$21,260	0.8 %
53-4011	Locomotive Engineers	30,450	$22.11	$24.60	$51,160	3.3 %
53-4012	Locomotive Firers	680	$22.75	$21.67	$45,080	1.9 %
53-4013	Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers	5,680	$18.01	$19.30	$40,140	2.5 %
53-4021	Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators	13,850	$21.59	$23.10	$48,040	1.4 %
53-4031	Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters	34,720	$21.31	$24.36	$50,670	2.9 %
53-4041	Subway and Streetcar Operators	9,880	$22.97	$22.13	$46,020	4.1 %
53-5011	Sailors and Marine Oilers	27,570	$14.44	$15.36	$31,950	1.3 %
53-5021	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	24,040	$24.51	$25.50	$53,050	1.3 %
53-5022	Motorboat Operators	3,680	$12.51	$14.71	$30,590	6.3 %
53-5031	Ship Engineers	8,900	$26.01	$26.39	$54,900	1.7 %
53-6011	Bridge and Lock Tenders	3,270	$17.97	$16.93	$35,220	0.9 %
53-6021	Parking Lot Attendants	113,490	$8.00	$8.50	$17,670	0.8 %
53-6031	Service Station Attendants	96,250	$8.11	$8.71	$18,110	0.8 %
53-6041	Traffic Technicians	6,460	$16.15	$16.85	$35,040	1.8 %
53-6051	Transportation Inspectors	27,890	$23.84	$23.67	$49,240	1.5 %
53-7011	Conveyor Operators and Tenders	58,780	$11.87	$12.56	$26,120	0.9 %
53-7021	Crane and Tower Operators	47,420	$17.86	$18.73	$38,950	1.3 %
53-7031	Dredge Operators	3,030	$13.37	$14.17	$29,470	2.5 %
53-7032	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators	68,740	$15.46	$16.59	$34,520	1.9 %
53-7033	Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining	3,560	$15.46	$15.64	$32,530	2.0 %
53-7041	Hoist and Winch Operators	8,560	$15.40	$17.78	$36,990	2.7 %
53-7051	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	604,350	$12.68	$13.46	$27,990	0.4 %
53-7061	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	320,840	$8.27	$9.15	$19,030	0.4 %
53-7062	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,255,780	$9.58	$10.41	$21,650	0.3 %
53-7063	Machine Feeders and Offbearers	159,160	$10.57	$11.27	$23,430	0.6 %
53-7064	Packers and Packagers, Hand	901,890	$8.14	$8.85	$18,410	0.3 %
53-7071	Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	6,190	$20.97	$21.20	$44,100	2.2 %
53-7072	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	12,260	$18.00	$18.60	$38,680	2.7 %
53-7073	Wellhead Pumpers	8,560	$14.89	$15.73	$32,720	1.9 %
53-7081	Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	138,480	$11.56	$12.51	$26,030	2.2 %
53-7111	Shuttle Car Operators	3,040	$18.79	$18.17	$37,800	1.2 %
53-7121	Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	16,210	$15.90	$17.13	$35,630	2.3 %

About May 2003 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(4) = Hourly wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.

National OES estimates by SOC major group