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OES

May 2004 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	9,581,320	$11.48	$13.41	$27,880	0.4 %
53-1011	Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	7,460	$16.40	$18.90	$39,310	2.0 %
53-1021	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand	169,860	$18.40	$19.45	$40,460	0.3 %
53-1031	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	222,590	$21.54	$23.23	$48,320	0.4 %
53-2011	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	78,490	(4)	(4)	$129,620	3.0 %
53-2012	Commercial Pilots	21,370	(4)	(4)	$62,290	3.0 %
53-2021	Air Traffic Controllers	22,260	$49.05	$47.94	$99,710	0.7 %
53-2022	Airfield Operations Specialists	4,810	$17.64	$20.22	$42,050	2.4 %
53-3011	Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	17,410	$9.49	$10.17	$21,140	1.4 %
53-3021	Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	183,710	$14.30	$15.09	$31,390	2.1 %
53-3022	Bus Drivers, School	475,430	$11.18	$11.33	$23,560	0.6 %
53-3031	Driver/Sales Workers	406,910	$9.66	$11.36	$23,620	0.8 %
53-3032	Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer	1,553,370	$16.11	$16.63	$34,580	0.3 %
53-3033	Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services	938,730	$11.80	$12.88	$26,790	0.4 %
53-3041	Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	132,650	$9.41	$10.34	$21,510	0.7 %
53-3099	Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	85,520	$9.45	$11.04	$22,960	1.7 %
53-4011	Locomotive Engineers	31,180	$24.30	$26.29	$54,680	2.9 %
53-4012	Locomotive Firers	620	$21.56	$22.23	$46,230	3.2 %
53-4013	Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers	6,170	$17.70	$18.41	$38,280	1.8 %
53-4021	Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators	16,410	$21.46	$23.03	$47,900	1.6 %
53-4031	Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters	35,720	$22.28	$25.28	$52,580	2.7 %
53-4041	Subway and Streetcar Operators	8,900	$23.70	$22.67	$47,150	4.5 %
53-4099	Rail Transportation Workers, All Other	7,680	$19.57	$19.56	$40,680	1.5 %
53-5011	Sailors and Marine Oilers	27,570	$14.00	$14.98	$31,160	1.3 %
53-5021	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	25,200	$24.20	$25.11	$52,230	1.0 %
53-5022	Motorboat Operators	2,830	$15.39	$16.25	$33,790	2.7 %
53-5031	Ship Engineers	10,330	$26.42	$27.80	$57,830	1.9 %
53-6011	Bridge and Lock Tenders	3,500	$17.98	$17.05	$35,460	1.3 %
53-6021	Parking Lot Attendants	120,080	$8.08	$8.48	$17,650	0.8 %
53-6031	Service Station Attendants	90,640	$8.29	$8.92	$18,560	0.7 %
53-6041	Traffic Technicians	6,240	$16.19	$17.11	$35,600	1.8 %
53-6051	Transportation Inspectors	24,140	$24.22	$24.89	$51,780	1.5 %
53-6099	Transportation Workers, All Other	51,850	$15.47	$16.11	$33,510	1.8 %
53-7011	Conveyor Operators and Tenders	54,380	$12.23	$12.85	$26,720	0.9 %
53-7021	Crane and Tower Operators	43,570	$17.99	$18.81	$39,130	0.9 %
53-7031	Dredge Operators	1,730	$13.47	$14.43	$30,010	1.6 %
53-7032	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators	67,080	$15.37	$16.40	$34,120	0.9 %
53-7033	Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining	3,330	$15.98	$16.34	$34,000	1.6 %
53-7041	Hoist and Winch Operators	5,550	$16.19	$18.65	$38,790	1.8 %
53-7051	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	631,530	$12.78	$13.57	$28,230	0.4 %
53-7061	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	330,520	$8.41	$9.33	$19,400	0.5 %
53-7062	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,390,910	$9.67	$10.53	$21,910	0.3 %
53-7063	Machine Feeders and Offbearers	149,500	$10.68	$11.31	$23,530	0.5 %
53-7064	Packers and Packagers, Hand	872,260	$8.25	$8.97	$18,660	0.4 %
53-7071	Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	4,680	$21.07	$21.56	$44,850	2.0 %
53-7072	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	9,810	$17.04	$17.79	$37,000	2.2 %
53-7073	Wellhead Pumpers	10,040	$16.31	$16.33	$33,960	1.8 %
53-7081	Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	139,920	$12.38	$13.37	$27,810	1.8 %
53-7111	Shuttle Car Operators	3,000	$18.08	$17.58	$36,570	1.1 %
53-7121	Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	16,530	$15.59	$16.44	$34,190	1.4 %
53-7199	Material Moving Workers, All Other	57,390	$13.87	$15.29	$31,800	1.9 %

About May 2004 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

(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