High paying transportation jobs in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. 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 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA run 8.6% above the national average (2024), so a San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA salary is worth about 0.92× 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, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA · Employed

1Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,690 – $76,250720
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$58,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,390 – $85,620310
3Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$54,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,610 – $64,500100
4Light Truck Drivers$45,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $96,600410
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,100
No formal educational credential
$38,300 – $64,850210
6Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$43,840
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $56,290200
7Driver/Sales Workers$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $54,310390
8Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$39,540
No formal educational credential
$36,250 – $47,31080
9Stockers and Order Fillers$39,280
No formal educational credential
$35,670 – $51,1901,640
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,730
No formal educational credential
$35,960 – $50,4501,360
11Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$37,140
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $46,780300
12Packers and Packagers, Hand$36,140
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $43,300420

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,380	$40,690 – $76,250	720
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,130	$43,390 – $85,620	310
3	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,140	$49,610 – $64,500	100
4	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,990	$35,900 – $96,600	410
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,100	$38,300 – $64,850	210
6	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$43,840	$34,320 – $56,290	200
7	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$37,600 – $54,310	390
8	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$39,540	$36,250 – $47,310	80
9	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$39,280	$35,670 – $51,190	1,640
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$38,730	$35,960 – $50,450	1,360
11	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$37,140	$34,320 – $46,780	300
12	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,140	$34,320 – $43,300	420

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. 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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