High paying transportation jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in St. Louis, MO-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 St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL 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, St. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$62,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,880 – $97,3705,270
2Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$61,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,720 – $61,1401,110
3Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$60,750
No formal educational credential
$35,880 – $74,860970
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,540 – $79,30018,270
5Bus Drivers, School$48,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,060 – $58,6204,470
6Light Truck Drivers$47,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $93,7107,180
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,330
No formal educational credential
$37,480 – $66,3504,980
8Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$41,780
No formal educational credential
$31,770 – $55,78021,340
9Driver/Sales Workers$40,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $59,4304,100
10Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$38,610
No formal educational credential
$29,690 – $48,3601,900
11Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$37,880
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $48,410720
12Stockers and Order Fillers$37,840
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $52,94028,940
13Packers and Packagers, Hand$37,280
No formal educational credential
$31,530 – $47,0902,690
14Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$35,220
No formal educational credential
$28,910 – $45,2603,810
15Parking Attendants$32,740
No formal educational credential
$29,080 – $43,780740
16Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$32,330
No formal educational credential
$28,810 – $46,890700

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	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	$62,790	$44,880 – $97,370	5,270
2	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,080	$49,720 – $61,140	1,110
3	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$60,750	$35,880 – $74,860	970
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,240	$40,540 – $79,300	18,270
5	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,100	$39,060 – $58,620	4,470
6	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,150	$31,200 – $93,710	7,180
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,330	$37,480 – $66,350	4,980
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$41,780	$31,770 – $55,780	21,340
9	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,240	$31,200 – $59,430	4,100
10	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$38,610	$29,690 – $48,360	1,900
11	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,880	$34,320 – $48,410	720
12	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,840	$31,200 – $52,940	28,940
13	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,280	$31,530 – $47,090	2,690
14	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$35,220	$28,910 – $45,260	3,810
15	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$32,740	$29,080 – $43,780	740
16	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$32,330	$28,810 – $46,890	700

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-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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