High paying transportation jobs in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. 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 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$66,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,500 – $89,9902,230
2Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$60,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $68,820350
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,380 – $80,3106,590
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$51,610
No formal educational credential
$26,980 – $65,870480
5Bus Drivers, School$49,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,170 – $60,8001,100
6Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$49,140
No formal educational credential
$39,370 – $63,7505,980
7Light Truck Drivers$43,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,040 – $67,1402,680
8Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$42,380
No formal educational credential
$34,230 – $56,93014,840
9Driver/Sales Workers$39,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,820 – $59,550980
10Stockers and Order Fillers$38,950
No formal educational credential
$28,200 – $58,2409,880
11Packers and Packagers, Hand$37,970
No formal educational credential
$29,190 – $60,1402,850
12Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$34,510
No formal educational credential
$23,720 – $43,780640
13Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,120
No formal educational credential
$26,950 – $47,230780
14Parking Attendants$33,270
No formal educational credential
$24,630 – $42,160240
15Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$32,220
No formal educational credential
$29,080 – $41,400330

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

#	Occupation	MedianAllentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,320	$45,500 – $89,990	2,230
2	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,750	$41,600 – $68,820	350
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,090	$45,380 – $80,310	6,590
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$51,610	$26,980 – $65,870	480
5	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,770	$38,170 – $60,800	1,100
6	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$49,140	$39,370 – $63,750	5,980
7	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,160	$28,040 – $67,140	2,680
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$42,380	$34,230 – $56,930	14,840
9	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,170	$20,820 – $59,550	980
10	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$38,950	$28,200 – $58,240	9,880
11	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,970	$29,190 – $60,140	2,850
12	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$34,510	$23,720 – $43,780	640
13	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,120	$26,950 – $47,230	780
14	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$33,270	$24,630 – $42,160	240
15	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$32,220	$29,080 – $41,400	330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. 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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