High paying transportation jobs in Akron, OH

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Akron, OH. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single transportation job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Akron, OH run 6.6% below the national average (2024), so a Akron, OH salary is worth about 1.07× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Akron, OH · Employed

1Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$70,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,660 – $70,000360
2Crane and Tower Operators$64,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,280 – $100,600120
3First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$61,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,870 – $87,5501,520
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,210
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,680 – $77,3504,740
5Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$47,830
No formal educational credential
$28,020 – $65,460110
6Machine Feeders and Offbearers$46,190
No formal educational credential
$37,020 – $58,540160
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,590
No formal educational credential
$38,370 – $62,6502,640
8Bus Drivers, School$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,800 – $84,760190
9Light Truck Drivers$40,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,280 – $56,6302,600
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$39,100
No formal educational credential
$30,880 – $48,7706,070
11Stockers and Order Fillers$37,600
No formal educational credential
$27,480 – $49,6708,780
12Packers and Packagers, Hand$37,440
No formal educational credential
$30,260 – $47,360940
13Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$34,580
No formal educational credential
$27,200 – $37,440170
14Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$33,090
No formal educational credential
$26,950 – $44,610840
15Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$32,830
No formal educational credential
$25,950 – $43,910430
16Parking Attendants$32,770
No formal educational credential
$25,780 – $42,850140
17Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$29,220
No formal educational credential
$22,930 – $47,340200
18Driver/Sales Workers$27,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,310 – $59,0101,530

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAkron, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,000	$40,660 – $70,000	360
2	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,650	$44,280 – $100,600	120
3	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,460	$42,870 – $87,550	1,520
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,210	$39,680 – $77,350	4,740
5	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$47,830	$28,020 – $65,460	110
6	Machine Feeders and OffbearersNo formal educational credential	$46,190	$37,020 – $58,540	160
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,590	$38,370 – $62,650	2,640
8	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$34,800 – $84,760	190
9	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,280	$28,280 – $56,630	2,600
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$39,100	$30,880 – $48,770	6,070
11	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,600	$27,480 – $49,670	8,780
12	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,440	$30,260 – $47,360	940
13	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,580	$27,200 – $37,440	170
14	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$33,090	$26,950 – $44,610	840
15	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$32,830	$25,950 – $43,910	430
16	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$32,770	$25,780 – $42,850	140
17	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$29,220	$22,930 – $47,340	200
18	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,480	$22,310 – $59,010	1,530

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Akron, OH. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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