High paying transportation jobs in Bay City, MI

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bay City, MI. 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 Bay City, MI run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Bay City, MI salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Bay City, MI · Employed

1Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,570 – $69,880510
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$55,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,870 – $82,280120
3Driver/Sales Workers$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $57,540170
4Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,120
No formal educational credential
$34,300 – $55,170130
5Bus Drivers, School$44,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,010 – $55,09060
6Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,610
No formal educational credential
$30,000 – $44,430500
7Light Truck Drivers$35,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,100 – $47,900130
8Stockers and Order Fillers$33,320
No formal educational credential
$28,620 – $46,150740
9Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$33,090
No formal educational credential
$26,130 – $38,66060
10Packers and Packagers, Hand$30,080
No formal educational credential
$28,870 – $42,260100
11Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$29,790
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $33,00030
12Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$28,440
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $38,310100

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

#	Occupation	MedianBay City, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,320	$43,570 – $69,880	510
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,750	$39,870 – $82,280	120
3	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$25,960 – $57,540	170
4	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,120	$34,300 – $55,170	130
5	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,020	$36,010 – $55,090	60
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$38,610	$30,000 – $44,430	500
7	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,380	$28,100 – $47,900	130
8	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$33,320	$28,620 – $46,150	740
9	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$33,090	$26,130 – $38,660	60
10	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$30,080	$28,870 – $42,260	100
11	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$29,790	$25,960 – $33,000	30
12	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$28,440	$25,960 – $38,310	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bay City, MI. 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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