High paying transportation jobs in Jackson, TN

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jackson, TN. 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 Jackson, TN run 14.5% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, TN salary is worth about 1.17× 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, Jackson, TN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$61,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,120 – $96,810330
2Crane and Tower Operators$59,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,620 – $76,31070
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$55,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,530 – $76,1101,870
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$50,050
No formal educational credential
$23,890 – $60,240100
5Light Truck Drivers$43,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,020 – $91,260630
6Bus Drivers, School$41,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,800 – $60,960280
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$38,570
No formal educational credential
$34,860 – $48,600700
8Driver/Sales Workers$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,010 – $51,010260
9Packers and Packagers, Hand$37,670
No formal educational credential
$26,830 – $50,180530
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,710
No formal educational credential
$29,780 – $46,5602,410
11Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,560
No formal educational credential
$21,150 – $45,730240
12Stockers and Order Fillers$34,410
No formal educational credential
$29,070 – $46,4701,470
13Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$31,140
No formal educational credential
$21,030 – $35,79060
14Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$29,550
No formal educational credential
$23,990 – $42,99060

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, TN	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	$61,720	$42,120 – $96,810	330
2	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,410	$42,620 – $76,310	70
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,160	$37,530 – $76,110	1,870
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$50,050	$23,890 – $60,240	100
5	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,660	$27,020 – $91,260	630
6	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,590	$23,800 – $60,960	280
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$38,570	$34,860 – $48,600	700
8	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$19,010 – $51,010	260
9	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,670	$26,830 – $50,180	530
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,710	$29,780 – $46,560	2,410
11	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,560	$21,150 – $45,730	240
12	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$34,410	$29,070 – $46,470	1,470
13	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,140	$21,030 – $35,790	60
14	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$29,550	$23,990 – $42,990	60

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