High paying transportation jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI run 4.8% above the national average (2024), so a Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI · Employed

1Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$211,470
Bachelor's degree
$130,420 – $353,4102,940
2Air Traffic Controllers$179,670
Associate's degree
$99,230 – $222,000620
3First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$72,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,160 – $100,7306,130
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$64,410
No formal educational credential
$51,640 – $71,5501,550
5Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$64,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,080 – $83,41020,430
6Flight Attendants$61,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,010 – $96,7104,060
7Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$57,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $62,4801,500
8Bus Drivers, School$50,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,920 – $67,3808,070
9Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$49,740
No formal educational credential
$39,940 – $73,8704,880
10Light Truck Drivers$49,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,070 – $90,34011,560
11Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$47,320
No formal educational credential
$36,450 – $61,77036,700
12Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$42,280
No formal educational credential
$31,890 – $59,5703,990
13Packers and Packagers, Hand$39,890
No formal educational credential
$29,440 – $50,2003,070
14Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$38,130
No formal educational credential
$31,520 – $47,6902,790
15Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$37,880
No formal educational credential
$28,830 – $45,230820
16Stockers and Order Fillers$37,440
No formal educational credential
$31,150 – $49,26025,700
17Parking Attendants$35,750
No formal educational credential
$27,150 – $45,1801,100
18Driver/Sales Workers$32,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,970 – $63,4706,640

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

#	Occupation	MedianMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight EngineersBachelor's degree	$211,470	$130,420 – $353,410	2,940
2	Air Traffic ControllersAssociate's degree	$179,670	$99,230 – $222,000	620
3	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,140	$50,160 – $100,730	6,130
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$64,410	$51,640 – $71,550	1,550
5	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,200	$48,080 – $83,410	20,430
6	Flight AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,230	$30,010 – $96,710	4,060
7	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,050	$46,010 – $62,480	1,500
8	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,240	$37,920 – $67,380	8,070
9	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$49,740	$39,940 – $73,870	4,880
10	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,670	$34,070 – $90,340	11,560
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$47,320	$36,450 – $61,770	36,700
12	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$42,280	$31,890 – $59,570	3,990
13	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$39,890	$29,440 – $50,200	3,070
14	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$38,130	$31,520 – $47,690	2,790
15	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,880	$28,830 – $45,230	820
16	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,440	$31,150 – $49,260	25,700
17	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,750	$27,150 – $45,180	1,100
18	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,980	$23,970 – $63,470	6,640

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. 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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