Table 3-26: 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	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
TOTAL, all occupations^a	576	596	608	620	638	651	671	695	722	739	747	756	768	776
Transportation and material moving occupations	481	504	514	520	520	543	556	570	593	599	599	614	621	619
Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers	671	648	709	705	655	734	767	811	761	786	743	761	812	882
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	1,193	1,040	1,233	1,350	1,418	1,366	1,407	1,358	1,390	1,650	1,365	1,461	1,440	1,845
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	1,090	1,123	1,041	1,583	1,239	1,444	1,259	1,225	1,116	1,056	1,626	1,335	1,508	1,628
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	580	521	456	322	399	939	452	693	432	663	518	503	592	571
Bus drivers	462	467	499	501	500	517	519	507	561	563	574	608	601	579
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	551	585	599	603	610	624	642	665	702	685	686	705	730	730
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	451	484	488	481	486	483	538	501	503	514	537	553	554	521
Motor vehicle operators, all other	509	508	409	353	380	394	417	484	511	511	522	520	626	448
Locomotive engineers and operators	870	953	963	925	1,056	998	1,129	1,157	1,223	1,122	1,268	1,130	1,274	1,396
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	689	753	792	880	820	698	999	706	1,027	960	1,114	917	1,141	781
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	817	927	818	884	881	1,017	904	912	1,067	1,027	1,198	1,181	1,073	1,226
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers	754	727	579	515	686	497	696	973	700	1,003	488	876	951	1,066
Sailors and marine oilers	508	697	701	616	424	628	812	549	666	980	902	992	636	966
Ship and boat captains and operators	779	848	899	944	848	798	829	1,158	1,154	1,491	1,637	1,326	1,169	1,383
Ship engineers	712	1,190	1,181	1,154	980	1,288	452	997	1,158	1,583	1,512	1,435	2,430	1,454
Bridge and lock tenders	935	560	667	726	599	637	627	892	512	918	1,127	1,060	988	615
Parking lot attendants	316	329	341	350	378	360	397	410	436	421	464	467	404	423
Automotive and watercraft service attendants	314	335	362	369	319	323	364	404	373	398	393	404	428	398
Transportation inspectors	731	696	747	847	810	893	771	839	910	962	1,013	1,007	836	936
Other transportation workers	483	491	645	652	606	735	749	600	631	602	831	752	688	784
Conveyor operators and tenders	465	488	350	363	521	501	847	563	549	538	850	688	809	575
Crane and tower operators	675	688	694	589	732	727	790	715	925	778	659	739	753	846
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators	572	617	602	653	607	616	623	726	708	827	708	708	792	697
Hoist and winch operators	733	610	604	789	709	516	625	446	406	962	631	667	817	978
Industrial truck and tractor operators	448	477	499	488	486	499	513	519	534	531	559	562	562	559
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	361	363	354	373	384	385	379	405	428	421	448	465	425	429
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	401	426	420	464	443	456	474	474	501	502	497	509	510	511
Machine feeders and off bearers	412	403	433	437	422	449	451	511	439	532	423	520	550	530
Packers and packagers, hand	313	332	338	348	349	372	391	374	388	408	400	397	404	422
Pumping station operators	730	622	786	801	747	910	888	942	919	835	952	815	1,161	1,015
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	435	505	430	456	508	491	393	517	475	463	481	541	501	550
Shuttle car operators	992	696	1,030	741	736	772	436	364	643	610	1,046	1,159	1,053	1,482
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	420	703	506	589	504	462	407	607	683	1,032	456	608	804	851
Material moving workers, all other	491	463	516	515	591	598	553	665	517	643	742	614	701	673

^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.

This table does not include part-time employees, while table 3-25 includes salaries of part-time employees.

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, Dec. 20, 2007, Mar. 4, 2009, June 8, 2010, May 23, 2011, July 17, 2012, July 18, 2013, and Feb. 9, 2015

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Table 3-26: Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers in Transportation by Detailed Occupation (1998 Standard Occupational Classification [SOC] basis) (Current $)