SOC 53-3099 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$37,180

U.S. median hourly wage$17.87

U.S. employment46,880

Nationally, motor vehicle operators, all other earned a median of $37,180 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 46,880 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other: pay and employment by state
State
Alaska	$74,710	$35.92	100	0.3
District of Columbia	$69,870	$33.59	980	1.4
Hawaii	$61,110	$29.38	230	0.4
Washington	$59,730	$28.72	310	0.1
Oklahoma	$57,550	$27.67	180	0.1
Utah	$56,140	$26.99	70	0.0
Arizona	$55,680	$26.77	360	0.1
New Mexico	$54,270	$26.09	160	0.2
South Dakota	$53,790	$25.86	100	0.2
Alabama	$52,100	$25.05	200	0.1
Puerto Rico	$51,420	$24.72	Not published	Not published
New Jersey	$50,680	$24.37	1,790	0.4
Kansas	$49,880	$23.98	70	0.1
Wyoming	$48,530	$23.33	80	0.3
Iowa	$48,300	$23.22	50	0.0
Mississippi	$46,500	$22.36	160	0.1
California	$45,050	$21.66	3,580	0.2
Illinois	$44,810	$21.54	840	0.1
Rhode Island	$42,530	$20.45	50	0.1
Montana	$41,860	$20.12	670	1.3
Idaho	$41,190	$19.80	70	0.1
Colorado	$39,190	$18.84	3,430	1.2
New York	$38,950	$18.72	3,540	0.4
Delaware	$38,790	$18.65	Not published	Not published
Louisiana	$37,730	$18.14	280	0.1
Connecticut	$37,440	$18.00	450	0.3
Florida	$37,330	$17.95	2,590	0.3
Massachusetts	$36,540	$17.57	1,210	0.3
Virginia	$36,520	$17.56	910	0.2
Texas	$36,340	$17.47	2,570	0.2
Georgia	$36,120	$17.36	2,210	0.5
Arkansas	$36,090	$17.35	140	0.1
Maryland	$35,440	$17.04	570	0.2
Oregon	$34,870	$16.76	1,190	0.6
Minnesota	$34,670	$16.67	1,190	0.4
North Dakota	$34,230	$16.46	220	0.5
Michigan	$33,990	$16.34	2,600	0.6
Wisconsin	$33,970	$16.33	710	0.2
Maine	$33,690	$16.20	310	0.5
Tennessee	$33,550	$16.13	2,310	0.7
Nebraska	$33,280	$16.00	760	0.7
Pennsylvania	$32,790	$15.76	1,320	0.2
Missouri	$32,330	$15.54	1,400	0.5
West Virginia	$31,790	$15.28	240	0.3
New Hampshire	$31,770	$15.28	150	0.2
Ohio	$31,040	$14.92	2,430	0.4
Vermont	$29,290	$14.08	130	0.4
North Carolina	$29,000	$13.94	2,000	0.4
South Carolina	$27,840	$13.38	450	0.2
Indiana	$26,920	$12.94	560	0.2
Nevada	$25,290	$12.16	320	0.2
Kentucky	$23,870	$11.48	450	0.2

Pay by metro area

All 169 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

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Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Savannah, GA	$74,770	$35.95	Not published	Not published
Anchorage, AK	$74,710	$35.92	70	0.4
Vallejo, CA	$73,280	$35.23	60	0.4
Salinas, CA	$71,140	$34.20	50	0.3
Urban Honolulu, HI	$64,800	$31.15	180	0.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$64,600	$31.06	1,510	0.5
Chambersburg, PA	$64,150	$30.84	60	1.0
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$62,910	$30.25	60	0.3
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$62,460	$30.03	70	0.2
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$62,230	$29.92	30	0.3
Jacksonville, NC	$61,360	$29.50	80	1.6
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$59,330	$28.52	590	0.1
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$58,510	$28.13	160	0.1
Oklahoma City, OK	$57,550	$27.67	50	0.1
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$56,880	$27.35	Not published	Not published
Bozeman, MT	$53,750	$25.84	120	1.7
Birmingham, AL	$53,120	$25.54	60	0.1
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$53,050	$25.50	30	0.0
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$52,540	$25.26	30	0.2
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	$52,520	$25.25	90	2.2
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$51,420	$24.72	Not published	Not published
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$50,140	$24.11	430	0.2
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$48,230	$23.19	180	0.2
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$47,870	$23.01	80	0.2
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,770	$22.97	340	0.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$45,850	$22.05	3,370	0.4
Visalia, CA	$45,290	$21.77	70	0.4
Killeen-Temple, TX	$44,300	$21.30	50	0.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,180	$21.24	1,140	0.2
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$44,050	$21.18	50	0.1
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$43,730	$21.03	220	0.2
Boulder, CO	$43,390	$20.86	130	0.7
Warner Robins, GA	$43,320	$20.83	30	0.4
Gainesville, FL	$43,270	$20.80	30	0.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$42,600	$20.48	280	0.2
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$42,530	$20.45	100	0.1
Fresno, CA	$42,420	$20.39	70	0.2
El Paso, TX	$42,330	$20.35	80	0.2
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$42,150	$20.27	410	0.2
Billings, MT	$41,860	$20.12	170	1.9
Greeley, CO	$41,680	$20.04	170	1.4
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$41,360	$19.88	50	0.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$40,800	$19.62	200	0.2
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$39,760	$19.11	Not published	Not published
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$39,720	$19.09	150	0.6
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$39,610	$19.04	2,150	1.3
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$39,610	$19.04	80	0.3
New Haven, CT	$39,320	$18.90	130	0.5
Lubbock, TX	$39,110	$18.81	100	0.6
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$39,030	$18.76	80	0.3
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$38,160	$18.35	50	0.3
Utica-Rome, NY	$38,160	$18.35	40	0.3
York-Hanover, PA	$38,100	$18.32	50	0.3
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$37,730	$18.14	300	0.2
Colorado Springs, CO	$37,670	$18.11	380	1.2
Ocala, FL	$37,610	$18.08	30	0.3
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$37,550	$18.05	750	0.3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$37,500	$18.03	350	0.3
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$37,440	$18.00	40	0.3
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$37,300	$17.93	550	0.4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$37,280	$17.92	220	0.2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$36,970	$17.77	550	0.1
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$36,930	$17.75	190	1.1
Fargo, ND-MN	$36,780	$17.68	50	0.4
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$36,570	$17.58	60	0.2
Pueblo, CO	$36,540	$17.57	50	0.8
Lincoln, NE	$36,480	$17.54	130	0.7
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$36,410	$17.50	130	0.3
Helena, MT	$36,410	$17.50	30	0.7
Jacksonville, FL	$36,410	$17.51	160	0.2
Baton Rouge, LA	$36,390	$17.50	120	0.3
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$36,340	$17.47	40	0.2
Missoula, MT	$36,190	$17.40	80	1.3
Grand Junction, CO	$36,180	$17.40	90	1.4
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$35,980	$17.30	110	0.2
Albuquerque, NM	$35,770	$17.20	60	0.2
Salem, OR	$35,670	$17.15	70	0.4
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$35,600	$17.12	420	0.7
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$35,480	$17.06	970	0.9
Richmond, VA	$35,440	$17.04	120	0.2
Syracuse, NY	$35,290	$16.97	140	0.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$35,220	$16.93	690	0.2
Bend, OR	$35,100	$16.88	40	0.4
Rochester, NY	$35,080	$16.87	160	0.3
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$35,020	$16.84	70	0.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$35,000	$16.83	760	0.6
Grand Island, NE	$34,580	$16.63	30	0.8
Portland-South Portland, ME	$34,570	$16.62	140	0.5
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$34,460	$16.57	250	0.3
Medford, OR	$34,320	$16.50	80	0.9
Ann Arbor, MI	$34,280	$16.48	100	0.4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$34,270	$16.47	480	0.1
Bismarck, ND	$34,230	$16.46	50	0.7
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$34,230	$16.46	40	0.5
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$34,210	$16.45	270	0.5
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$34,050	$16.37	590	0.3
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$33,990	$16.34	1,440	0.8
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$33,980	$16.34	50	0.1
Madison, WI	$33,970	$16.33	80	0.2
Port St. Lucie, FL	$33,860	$16.28	40	0.2
Tallahassee, FL	$33,840	$16.27	50	0.3
Appleton, WI	$33,780	$16.24	60	0.5
Great Falls, MT	$33,780	$16.24	30	0.9
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$33,730	$16.22	310	0.2
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$33,620	$16.16	30	0.4
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$33,110	$15.92	980	0.4
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$32,940	$15.84	390	0.9
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$32,830	$15.79	1,140	0.4
Cleveland, OH	$32,800	$15.77	530	0.5
Lancaster, PA	$32,790	$15.76	170	0.7
Kansas City, MO-KS	$32,750	$15.75	350	0.3
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$32,520	$15.63	40	0.1
St. Louis, MO-IL	$32,330	$15.54	700	0.5
Pittsburgh, PA	$32,300	$15.53	230	0.2
Binghamton, NY	$32,240	$15.50	70	0.7
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$32,220	$15.49	90	0.4
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$32,100	$15.43	30	0.1
Asheville, NC	$31,780	$15.28	60	0.3
Manchester-Nashua, NH	$31,760	$15.27	50	0.3
Reno, NV	$31,740	$15.26	80	0.3
Corpus Christi, TX	$31,540	$15.17	110	0.6
Eugene-Springfield, OR	$31,500	$15.14	100	0.6
Omaha, NE-IA	$31,440	$15.12	430	0.9
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$31,200	$15.00	60	0.3
Dover, DE	$31,200	$15.00	50	0.8
Peoria, IL	$31,200	$15.00	70	0.4
Bangor, ME	$30,880	$14.85	60	0.9
Flint, MI	$30,880	$14.85	80	0.6
Columbus, OH	$30,860	$14.84	410	0.4
St. Cloud, MN	$30,690	$14.76	40	0.4
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$30,540	$14.68	160	0.3
Youngstown-Warren, OH	$30,470	$14.65	90	0.5
Knoxville, TN	$30,410	$14.62	280	0.6
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	$30,360	$14.60	80	0.4
Springfield, MO	$29,920	$14.38	120	0.6
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$29,900	$14.38	50	0.1
Bay City, MI	$29,790	$14.32	30	0.9
Jefferson City, MO	$29,760	$14.31	30	0.4
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$29,650	$14.25	70	0.6
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$29,590	$14.22	60	0.2
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$29,550	$14.21	210	0.8
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$29,410	$14.14	630	0.5
Green Bay, WI	$29,360	$14.12	60	0.4
Saginaw, MI	$29,230	$14.05	70	0.9
Akron, OH	$29,220	$14.05	200	0.6
Wilmington, NC	$29,070	$13.98	70	0.3
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$29,060	$13.97	130	0.6
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$29,000	$13.94	Not published	Not published
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$28,850	$13.87	40	0.3
Albany, GA	$28,550	$13.73	50	0.9
Fort Wayne, IN	$28,530	$13.71	50	0.2
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$28,310	$13.61	70	0.2
Toledo, OH	$27,990	$13.46	80	0.3
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$27,900	$13.41	140	0.4
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$27,530	$13.24	120	0.4
Winston-Salem, NC	$27,260	$13.11	80	0.3
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$26,200	$12.60	130	0.2
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$25,990	$12.50	210	0.2
Lima, OH	$25,850	$12.43	40	0.7
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$25,770	$12.39	130	0.3
Evansville, IN	$25,670	$12.34	30	0.2
Lexington-Fayette, KY	$25,020	$12.03	50	0.2
Greenville, NC	$22,620	$10.87	70	0.9
Canton-Massillon, OH	$22,340	$10.74	90	0.5
Jackson, MS	$21,280	$10.23	Not published	Not published
Grand Forks, ND-MN	$21,180	$10.18	30	0.6
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$20,820	$10.01	280	0.8
Paducah, KY-IL	$20,800	$10.00	30	0.7
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	Not published	Not published	230	0.2

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.