High paying transportation jobs in Columbus, GA-AL

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, GA-AL. 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 Columbus, GA-AL run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, GA-AL salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Columbus, GA-AL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$59,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $83,200430
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$47,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,550 – $72,3201,180
3Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$47,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $47,57080
4Transportation Workers, All Other$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $55,34040
5Bus Drivers, School$44,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,920 – $46,140510
6Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$42,890
No formal educational credential
$26,840 – $42,890230
7Machine Feeders and Offbearers$39,450
No formal educational credential
$29,270 – $46,32060
8Driver/Sales Workers$39,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,990 – $56,790400
9Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$37,450
No formal educational credential
$32,520 – $45,610480
10Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$37,090
No formal educational credential
$31,770 – $47,21050
11Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,910
No formal educational credential
$26,060 – $46,5202,490
12Light Truck Drivers$36,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,100 – $49,980590
13Stockers and Order Fillers$31,690
No formal educational credential
$28,260 – $45,1302,150
14Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$29,170
No formal educational credential
$23,440 – $51,08090
15Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$29,000
No formal educational credential
$22,010 – $44,310290
16Packers and Packagers, Hand$27,320
No formal educational credential
$18,760 – $38,150340

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, GA-AL	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	$59,090	$37,040 – $83,200	430
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,570	$36,550 – $72,320	1,180
3	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,570	$36,940 – $47,570	80
4	Transportation Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$33,280 – $55,340	40
5	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,950	$16,920 – $46,140	510
6	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$42,890	$26,840 – $42,890	230
7	Machine Feeders and OffbearersNo formal educational credential	$39,450	$29,270 – $46,320	60
8	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,050	$19,990 – $56,790	400
9	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$37,450	$32,520 – $45,610	480
10	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$37,090	$31,770 – $47,210	50
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,910	$26,060 – $46,520	2,490
12	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,330	$25,100 – $49,980	590
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$31,690	$28,260 – $45,130	2,150
14	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,170	$23,440 – $51,080	90
15	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$29,000	$22,010 – $44,310	290
16	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$27,320	$18,760 – $38,150	340

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Columbus, GA-AL. 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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