High paying transportation jobs in Salisbury, MD

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Salisbury, 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 Salisbury, MD run 4.4% below the national average (2024), so a Salisbury, MD salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Salisbury, MD · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$60,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,770 – $85,940210
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$54,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,430 – $75,500540
3Light Truck Drivers$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $82,450530
4Bus Drivers, School$46,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,070 – $57,780100
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,510
No formal educational credential
$35,670 – $64,200150
6Driver/Sales Workers$44,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $68,870430
7Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$39,910
No formal educational credential
$31,380 – $58,150760
8Stockers and Order Fillers$39,450
No formal educational credential
$31,560 – $47,420680
9Material Moving Workers, All Other$38,280
No formal educational credential
$32,760 – $47,13050
10Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,530
No formal educational credential
$32,440 – $50,84090
11Parking Attendants$37,040
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $42,73040
12Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,620
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $46,130110
13Packers and Packagers, Hand$34,020
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,96070

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalisbury, MD	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	$60,890	$43,770 – $85,940	210
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,360	$39,430 – $75,500	540
3	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$31,200 – $82,450	530
4	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,400	$32,070 – $57,780	100
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,510	$35,670 – $64,200	150
6	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,490	$31,200 – $68,870	430
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$39,910	$31,380 – $58,150	760
8	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$39,450	$31,560 – $47,420	680
9	Material Moving Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$38,280	$32,760 – $47,130	50
10	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$37,530	$32,440 – $50,840	90
11	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,040	$31,200 – $42,730	40
12	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,620	$31,200 – $46,130	110
13	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$34,020	$31,200 – $47,960	70

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