High paying transportation jobs in Tulsa, OK

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Tulsa, OK. 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 Tulsa, OK run 10.8% below the national average (2024), so a Tulsa, OK salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Tulsa, OK · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$137,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$75,880 – $225,860150
2Crane and Tower Operators$76,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,590 – $82,500200
3Wellhead Pumpers$64,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,890 – $75,990220
4First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$60,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,440 – $92,8802,130
5Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,530 – $75,1607,220
6Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $62,380370
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$44,060
No formal educational credential
$36,850 – $57,0402,130
8Light Truck Drivers$39,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,270 – $93,8002,940
9Bus Drivers, School$38,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,860 – $46,250900
10Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$38,330
No formal educational credential
$36,070 – $60,370540
11Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,980
No formal educational credential
$28,910 – $48,1009,990
12Aircraft Service Attendants$36,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,910 – $45,330150
13Stockers and Order Fillers$35,270
No formal educational credential
$28,900 – $46,4809,400
14Packers and Packagers, Hand$34,680
No formal educational credential
$23,780 – $43,240680
15Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$32,810
No formal educational credential
$23,820 – $44,500380
16Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$31,210
No formal educational credential
$24,260 – $45,450330
17Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$31,190
No formal educational credential
$23,790 – $42,3601,320
18Driver/Sales Workers$29,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,600 – $56,8501,350
19Parking Attendants$27,230
No formal educational credential
$18,610 – $36,120310

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

#	Occupation	MedianTulsa, OK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$137,490	$75,880 – $225,860	150
2	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,400	$47,590 – $82,500	200
3	Wellhead PumpersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,500	$50,890 – $75,990	220
4	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,100	$38,440 – $92,880	2,130
5	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,790	$37,530 – $75,160	7,220
6	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$42,210 – $62,380	370
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$44,060	$36,850 – $57,040	2,130
8	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,890	$24,270 – $93,800	2,940
9	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,940	$27,860 – $46,250	900
10	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$38,330	$36,070 – $60,370	540
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,980	$28,910 – $48,100	9,990
12	Aircraft Service AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,640	$28,910 – $45,330	150
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$35,270	$28,900 – $46,480	9,400
14	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$34,680	$23,780 – $43,240	680
15	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$32,810	$23,820 – $44,500	380
16	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,210	$24,260 – $45,450	330
17	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$31,190	$23,790 – $42,360	1,320
18	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,320	$16,600 – $56,850	1,350
19	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$27,230	$18,610 – $36,120	310

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