Transportation Workers, All Other · SOC 53-6099

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Transportation Workers, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for transportation workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 45 metro areas

Transportation Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Ogden, UT	$70,490	30	0.1
2	Urban Honolulu, HI	$65,600	150	0.3
3	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$61,460	40	0.0
4	Columbus, OH	$60,320	40	0.0
5	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$59,790	30	0.0
6	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$56,870	440	0.7
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$55,800	370	0.2
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$55,220	270	0.0
9	Savannah, GA	$52,590	90	0.5
10	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$52,400	40	0.1
11	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$51,890	40	0.2
12	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$50,370	40	0.0
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$49,710	380	0.1
14	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$48,870	80	0.1
15	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$48,430	100	0.0
16	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$47,250	80	1.1
17	Columbus, GA-AL	$47,180	40	0.3
18	Kansas City, MO-KS	$46,010	50	0.0
19	Baton Rouge, LA	$45,920	330	0.8
20	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$45,610	260	0.6
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$45,200	Not published	Not published
22	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$44,130	30	0.0
23	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$44,070	390	0.1
24	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$43,660	Not published	Not published
25	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$43,610	60	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Transportation Workers, All Other overview.

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.