High paying transportation jobs in Carson City, NV

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Carson City, NV. 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 Carson City, NV run 1.9% below the national average (2024), so a Carson City, NV salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Carson City, NV · Employed

1Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,510 – $87,550130
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$56,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,180 – $92,96080
3Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,890
No formal educational credential
$39,340 – $63,330100
4Light Truck Drivers$44,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,980 – $62,790160
5Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,800
No formal educational credential
$31,470 – $44,81050
6Stockers and Order Fillers$37,460
No formal educational credential
$29,540 – $59,030450
7Packers and Packagers, Hand$36,990
No formal educational credential
$34,840 – $56,290130
8Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$36,820
No formal educational credential
$26,810 – $45,62090
9Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$28,790
No formal educational credential
$24,960 – $49,880600
10Driver/Sales Workers$26,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,060 – $56,35090

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

#	Occupation	MedianCarson City, NV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,480	$47,510 – $87,550	130
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,990	$40,180 – $92,960	80
3	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,890	$39,340 – $63,330	100
4	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,620	$30,980 – $62,790	160
5	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$37,800	$31,470 – $44,810	50
6	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,460	$29,540 – $59,030	450
7	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,990	$34,840 – $56,290	130
8	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$36,820	$26,810 – $45,620	90
9	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$28,790	$24,960 – $49,880	600
10	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,330	$25,060 – $56,350	90

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