High paying transportation jobs in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL. 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL run 1.4% above the national average (2024), so a Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$117,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$58,260 – $202,090550
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$60,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,620 – $90,3904,980
3Flight Attendants$59,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $85,6003,410
4Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$51,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $64,8801,820
5Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$50,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,910 – $74,94015,420
6Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$48,920
No formal educational credential
$37,900 – $59,5601,420
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$47,230
No formal educational credential
$37,020 – $60,4305,780
8Light Truck Drivers$41,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $61,8709,590
9Bus Drivers, School$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,340 – $52,7901,600
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,630
No formal educational credential
$30,510 – $53,79024,080
11Passenger Attendants$38,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,760 – $43,780670
12Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$37,300
No formal educational credential
$29,140 – $47,300550
13Stockers and Order Fillers$36,400
No formal educational credential
$30,260 – $48,18024,640
14Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$35,340
No formal educational credential
$27,770 – $47,1002,270
15Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,250
No formal educational credential
$28,170 – $46,910630
16Driver/Sales Workers$35,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $52,0203,930
17Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$32,220
No formal educational credential
$28,370 – $45,7603,760
18Packers and Packagers, Hand$30,150
No formal educational credential
$27,270 – $42,3105,610
19Parking Attendants$29,430
No formal educational credential
$27,480 – $39,4003,030

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

#	Occupation	MedianOrlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$117,790	$58,260 – $202,090	550
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,880	$40,620 – $90,390	4,980
3	Flight AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,400	$36,440 – $85,600	3,410
4	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,790	$35,140 – $64,880	1,820
5	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,250	$37,910 – $74,940	15,420
6	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$48,920	$37,900 – $59,560	1,420
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$47,230	$37,020 – $60,430	5,780
8	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,870	$31,200 – $61,870	9,590
9	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$34,340 – $52,790	1,600
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$38,630	$30,510 – $53,790	24,080
11	Passenger AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,250	$28,760 – $43,780	670
12	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$37,300	$29,140 – $47,300	550
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,400	$30,260 – $48,180	24,640
14	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$35,340	$27,770 – $47,100	2,270
15	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,250	$28,170 – $46,910	630
16	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,180	$27,040 – $52,020	3,930
17	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$32,220	$28,370 – $45,760	3,760
18	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$30,150	$27,270 – $42,310	5,610
19	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,430	$27,480 – $39,400	3,030

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL. 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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