High paying transportation jobs in Delaware

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Delaware. 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 Delaware run 0.2% below the national average (2024), so a Delaware 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Delaware.

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

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OccupationMedian, Delaware · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$163,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$83,180 – $264,590220
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$62,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,480 – $97,7702,270
3Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$61,290
No formal educational credential
$38,700 – $74,590600
4Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$60,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,390 – $65,710380
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$60,350
No formal educational credential
$38,210 – $60,3505,230
6Crane and Tower Operators$60,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,940 – $77,730220
7Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,850 – $69,7709,040
8Light Truck Drivers$43,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $65,1504,200
9Bus Drivers, School$42,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $60,9101,350
10Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,880
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $60,510880
11Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$37,440
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $44,1001,280
12Stockers and Order Fillers$37,420
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $58,7307,080
13Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,320
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,9205,220
14Packers and Packagers, Hand$37,290
No formal educational credential
$32,830 – $57,2502,030
15Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$36,530
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $43,680370
16Parking Attendants$34,230
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $35,830200

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

#	Occupation	MedianDelaware	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$163,600	$83,180 – $264,590	220
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,510	$45,480 – $97,770	2,270
3	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$61,290	$38,700 – $74,590	600
4	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,510	$39,390 – $65,710	380
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$60,350	$38,210 – $60,350	5,230
6	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,160	$53,940 – $77,730	220
7	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,590	$46,850 – $69,770	9,040
8	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,990	$31,200 – $65,150	4,200
9	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,390	$36,380 – $60,910	1,350
10	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$37,880	$31,200 – $60,510	880
11	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$37,440	$31,200 – $44,100	1,280
12	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,420	$31,200 – $58,730	7,080
13	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,320	$31,200 – $47,920	5,220
14	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,290	$32,830 – $57,250	2,030
15	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$36,530	$31,200 – $43,680	370
16	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,230	$31,200 – $35,830	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Delaware. 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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