High paying transportation jobs in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY. 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY run 12.3% below the national average (2024), so a Watertown-Fort Drum, NY salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Watertown-Fort Drum, NY · Employed

1Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$60,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,290 – $76,38070
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$59,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,090 – $88,360140
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$55,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,090 – $74,350410
4Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$52,520
No formal educational credential
$41,600 – $57,72090
5Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$51,490
No formal educational credential
$37,200 – $62,67030
6Bus Drivers, School$48,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,580 – $59,100180
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,090
No formal educational credential
$33,320 – $55,04060
8Driver/Sales Workers$44,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $56,140100
9Light Truck Drivers$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,420 – $54,570360
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,280
No formal educational credential
$33,180 – $51,390450
11Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$35,290
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $48,10050
12Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$35,150
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $41,880100
13Stockers and Order Fillers$35,050
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $46,810840

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

#	Occupation	MedianWatertown-Fort Drum, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,620	$45,290 – $76,380	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,020	$39,090 – $88,360	140
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,260	$45,090 – $74,350	410
4	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$52,520	$41,600 – $57,720	90
5	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$51,490	$37,200 – $62,670	30
6	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,290	$42,580 – $59,100	180
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,090	$33,320 – $55,040	60
8	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,930	$32,240 – $56,140	100
9	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$32,420 – $54,570	360
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,280	$33,180 – $51,390	450
11	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$35,290	$32,240 – $48,100	50
12	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$35,150	$32,240 – $41,880	100
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$35,050	$32,240 – $46,810	840

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY. 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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