High paying transportation jobs in Vermont

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Vermont. 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 Vermont run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Vermont salary is worth about 1.02× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Vermont.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Vermont · Employed

1Crane and Tower Operators$72,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,070 – $105,910170
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,900 – $74,7003,560
3First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$60,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,410 – $80,900910
4Bus Drivers, School$56,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,840 – $61,970860
5Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$53,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,910 – $62,630440
6Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$51,960
No formal educational credential
$41,240 – $63,070160
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$47,380
No formal educational credential
$39,040 – $61,290950
8Driver/Sales Workers$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,090 – $65,800510
9Light Truck Drivers$45,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,720 – $65,1302,050
10Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$42,270
No formal educational credential
$34,910 – $52,120470
11Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$39,530
No formal educational credential
$31,920 – $49,250620
12Packers and Packagers, Hand$39,440
No formal educational credential
$32,830 – $46,270810
13Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$39,390
No formal educational credential
$30,350 – $49,1703,060
14Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$38,700
No formal educational credential
$31,980 – $43,740170
15Stockers and Order Fillers$37,130
No formal educational credential
$30,680 – $49,2005,360
16Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$29,290
No formal educational credential
$29,140 – $45,970130

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

#	Occupation	MedianVermont	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,760	$61,070 – $105,910	170
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,830	$48,900 – $74,700	3,560
3	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,410	$44,410 – $80,900	910
4	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,580	$39,840 – $61,970	860
5	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,830	$46,910 – $62,630	440
6	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$51,960	$41,240 – $63,070	160
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$47,380	$39,040 – $61,290	950
8	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$33,090 – $65,800	510
9	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,090	$30,720 – $65,130	2,050
10	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$42,270	$34,910 – $52,120	470
11	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$39,530	$31,920 – $49,250	620
12	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$39,440	$32,830 – $46,270	810
13	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$39,390	$30,350 – $49,170	3,060
14	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$38,700	$31,980 – $43,740	170
15	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,130	$30,680 – $49,200	5,360
16	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$29,290	$29,140 – $45,970	130

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