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)

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	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
TOTAL, all occupations^a	576	596	608	620	638	651	671
Transportation and material moving occupations	481	504	514	520	520	543	556
Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers	671	648	709	705	655	734	767
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	1,193	1,040	1,233	1,350	1,418	1,366	1,407
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	1,090	1,123	1,041	1,583	1,239	1,444	1,259
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	580	521	456	322	399	939	452
Bus drivers	462	467	499	501	500	517	519
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	551	585	599	603	610	624	642
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	451	484	488	481	486	483	538
Motor vehicle operators, all other	509	508	409	353	380	394	417
Locomotive engineers and operators	870	953	963	925	1,056	998	1,129
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	689	753	792	880	820	698	999
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	817	927	818	884	881	1,017	904
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers	754	727	579	515	686	497	696
Sailors and marine oilers	508	697	701	616	424	628	812
Ship and boat captains and operators	779	848	899	944	848	798	829
Ship engineers	712	1,190	1,181	1,154	980	1,288	452
Bridge and lock tenders	935	560	667	726	599	637	627
Parking lot attendants	316	329	341	350	378	360	397
Service station attendants	314	335	362	369	319	323	364
Transportation inspectors	731	696	747	847	810	893	771
Other transportation workers	483	491	645	652	606	735	749
Conveyor operators and tenders	465	488	350	363	521	501	847
Crane and tower operators	675	688	694	589	732	727	790
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators	572	617	602	653	607	616	623
Hoist and winch operators	733	610	604	789	709	516	625
Industrial truck and tractor operators	448	477	499	488	486	499	513
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	361	363	354	373	384	385	379
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	401	426	420	464	443	456	474
Machine feeders and offbearers	412	403	433	437	422	449	451
Packers and packagers, hand	313	332	338	348	349	372	391
Pumping station operators	730	622	786	801	747	910	888
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	435	505	430	456	508	491	393
Shuttle car operators	992	696	1,030	741	736	772	436
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	420	703	506	589	504	462	407
Material moving workers, all other	491	463	516	515	591	598	553

^a Earnings for all full-time 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 communications, Oct. 4, 2004, Nov. 20, 2005, Oct. 27, 2006, and Dec. 20, 2007.