High paying transportation jobs in Michigan City-La Porte, IN

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Michigan City-La Porte, IN. 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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN run 8.3% below the national average (2024), so a Michigan City-La Porte, IN 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, Michigan City-La Porte, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$58,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,860 – $81,440180
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,960 – $73,370620
3Bus Drivers, School$49,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,790 – $56,350170
4Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,990
No formal educational credential
$37,430 – $57,790170
5Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$46,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,530 – $61,98030
6Light Truck Drivers$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,420 – $93,600250
7Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,820
No formal educational credential
$28,850 – $47,320870
8Packers and Packagers, Hand$35,490
No formal educational credential
$26,060 – $43,440160
9Stockers and Order Fillers$34,540
No formal educational credential
$27,500 – $44,280790
10Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$34,090
No formal educational credential
$29,030 – $38,73060
11Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$33,680
No formal educational credential
$28,650 – $45,07060
12Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$30,880
No formal educational credential
$26,470 – $43,91090
13Driver/Sales Workers$29,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,180 – $56,160190

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

#	Occupation	MedianMichigan City-La Porte, IN	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	$58,520	$38,860 – $81,440	180
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,240	$35,960 – $73,370	620
3	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,760	$23,790 – $56,350	170
4	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,990	$37,430 – $57,790	170
5	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,910	$33,530 – $61,980	30
6	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$29,420 – $93,600	250
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,820	$28,850 – $47,320	870
8	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$35,490	$26,060 – $43,440	160
9	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$34,540	$27,500 – $44,280	790
10	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$34,090	$29,030 – $38,730	60
11	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$33,680	$28,650 – $45,070	60
12	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$30,880	$26,470 – $43,910	90
13	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,270	$21,180 – $56,160	190

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Michigan City-La Porte, IN. 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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