Career field
Transportation & Logistics careers
Occupations that move people and goods and support logistics. CampusPin lists 50 transportation & logistics occupations, with median pay ranging from $34,330 to $226,600 per year (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024). Median pay is occupation-wide, not a starting wage or a guarantee.
Occupations in this field
- Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers$226,600
- Air traffic controllers$144,580
- Commercial pilots$122,670
- Ship engineers$101,320
- Transportation inspectors$85,750
- Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels$85,540
- Subway and streetcar operators$84,830
- Locomotive engineers$77,400
- Railroad conductors and yardmasters$74,080
- Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators$71,510
- Wellhead pumpers$70,010
- Flight attendants$67,130
- Crane and tower operators$66,370
- Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators and locomotive firers$65,480
- Aircraft cargo handling supervisors$63,940
- First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors$61,890
- Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers$60,020
- Bridge and lock tenders$58,490
- Traffic technicians$58,480
- Tank car, truck, and ship loaders$58,070
- Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers$58,030
- Bus drivers, transit and intercity$57,440
- Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers$57,440
- Airfield operations specialists$56,750
- Hoist and winch operators$52,310
- Motorboat operators$51,880
- Sailors and marine oilers$49,610
- Rail transportation workers, all other$49,330
- Dredge operators$48,430
- Refuse and recyclable material collectors$48,350
- Bus drivers, school$47,040
- Industrial truck and tractor operators$46,390
- Light truck drivers$44,140
- Material moving workers, all other$41,690
- Aircraft service attendants$41,540
- Conveyor operators and tenders$41,230
- Machine feeders and offbearers$39,700
- Transportation workers, all other$39,630
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand$38,940
- Passenger attendants$37,560
- Driver/sales workers$37,130
- Stockers and order fillers$37,090
- Shuttle drivers and chauffeurs$36,670
- Motor vehicle operators, all other$36,260
- Taxi drivers$36,220
- Packers and packagers, hand$35,580
- Cleaners of vehicles and equipment$35,270
- Automotive and watercraft service attendants$34,850
- Parking attendants$34,600
- Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians$34,330
Occupation data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program (Employment Projections); wages are 2024 and projections cover 2024–2034. Figures are national, not institution-specific, and projections are estimates, not guarantees.