High paying transportation jobs in Springfield, IL

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Springfield, IL. 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 Springfield, IL run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Springfield, IL salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Springfield, IL · Employed

1Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$60,570
No formal educational credential
$36,960 – $82,15080
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$58,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $97,110270
3Transportation Inspectors$55,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,180 – $141,91080
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$50,350
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,150 – $79,810750
5Bus Drivers, School$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $58,850370
6Light Truck Drivers$43,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $86,040690
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$42,710
No formal educational credential
$34,740 – $59,600100
8Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,160
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $50,0201,300
9Driver/Sales Workers$37,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $70,170260
10Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,220
No formal educational credential
$31,720 – $48,83090
11Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$36,490
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $51,510220
12Stockers and Order Fillers$34,770
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $45,9401,500
13Parking Attendants$34,030
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $37,15060
14Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$33,750
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $42,07070
15Packers and Packagers, Hand$33,410
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $43,360160

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

#	Occupation	MedianSpringfield, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$60,570	$36,960 – $82,150	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,180	$38,370 – $97,110	270
3	Transportation InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,190	$37,180 – $141,910	80
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,350	$40,150 – $79,810	750
5	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$35,460 – $58,850	370
6	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,830	$31,200 – $86,040	690
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$42,710	$34,740 – $59,600	100
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$38,160	$31,200 – $50,020	1,300
9	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,770	$31,200 – $70,170	260
10	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$37,220	$31,720 – $48,830	90
11	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$36,490	$31,200 – $51,510	220
12	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$34,770	$31,200 – $45,940	1,500
13	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,030	$31,200 – $37,150	60
14	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$33,750	$31,200 – $42,070	70
15	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$33,410	$31,200 – $43,360	160

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