High paying transportation jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD run 2.6% above the national average (2024), so a Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Employed

1Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$180,330
Bachelor's degree
$89,580 – $390,3401,760
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$62,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,930 – $92,58012,050
3Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$59,730
No formal educational credential
$36,040 – $71,2502,610
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$59,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,850 – $79,59032,220
5Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$53,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,250 – $70,7001,830
6Bus Drivers, School$51,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,450 – $65,4608,980
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$49,260
No formal educational credential
$38,210 – $61,34015,670
8Light Truck Drivers$45,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $82,17020,930
9Packers and Packagers, Hand$43,970
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $46,84023,180
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$43,460
No formal educational credential
$33,260 – $56,70051,100
11Flight Attendants$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,930 – $65,3701,810
12Driver/Sales Workers$37,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,740 – $59,4306,080
13Stockers and Order Fillers$36,800
No formal educational credential
$29,350 – $50,37045,770
14Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$36,760
No formal educational credential
$26,890 – $50,6006,390
15Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$35,160
No formal educational credential
$28,550 – $46,9605,680
16Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$34,880
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $42,9902,490
17Parking Attendants$32,220
No formal educational credential
$28,460 – $44,0303,280

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

#	Occupation	MedianPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight EngineersBachelor's degree	$180,330	$89,580 – $390,340	1,760
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,820	$43,930 – $92,580	12,050
3	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$59,730	$36,040 – $71,250	2,610
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,370	$46,850 – $79,590	32,220
5	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,020	$42,250 – $70,700	1,830
6	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,960	$39,450 – $65,460	8,980
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$49,260	$38,210 – $61,340	15,670
8	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,740	$32,220 – $82,170	20,930
9	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$43,970	$32,220 – $46,840	23,180
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$43,460	$33,260 – $56,700	51,100
11	Flight AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$27,930 – $65,370	1,810
12	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,520	$22,740 – $59,430	6,080
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,800	$29,350 – $50,370	45,770
14	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$36,760	$26,890 – $50,600	6,390
15	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$35,160	$28,550 – $46,960	5,680
16	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,880	$32,220 – $42,990	2,490
17	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$32,220	$28,460 – $44,030	3,280

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. 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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