Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other salary

SOC 53-3099 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$37,180

per year, nationally

Middle half

$31,220–$48,980

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

46,880

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+6.0%

11,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$26,540$66,500

10th: $26,540
25th: $31,220
Median: $37,180
75th: $48,980
90th: $66,500

Getting in

Typical education to enter: No formal educational credential
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where motor vehicle operators, all other earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Alaska	$74,710	102.4	100	1.01×
2	District of Columbia	$69,870	109.9	980	4.61×
3	Hawaii	$61,110	110.0	230	1.19×
4	Washington	$59,730	107.0	310	0.29×
5	Oklahoma	$57,550	87.8	180	0.35×
6	Utah	$56,140	98.9	70	0.13×
7	Arizona	$55,680	100.7	360	0.37×
8	New Mexico	$54,270	92.2	160	0.62×
9	South Dakota	$53,790	88.6	100	0.71×
10	Alabama	$52,100	88.8	200	0.32×
11	New Jersey	$50,680	108.8	1,790	1.39×
12	Kansas	$49,880	90.1	70	0.17×
13	Wyoming	$48,530	92.7	80	0.99×
14	Iowa	$48,300	87.8	50	0.12×
15	Mississippi	$46,500	87.0	160	0.45×
16	California	$45,050	110.7	3,580	0.65×
17	Illinois	$44,810	100.0	840	0.46×
18	Rhode Island	$42,530	102.3	50	0.30×
19	Montana	$41,860	94.6	670	4.33×
20	Idaho	$41,190	95.5	70	0.27×
21	Colorado	$39,190	103.1	3,430	3.96×
22	New York	$38,950	107.9	3,540	1.21×
23	Delaware	$38,790	99.8	—	—
24	Louisiana	$37,730	88.2	280	0.48×
25	Connecticut	$37,440	103.6	450	0.88×
26	Florida	$37,330	103.4	2,590	0.86×
27	Massachusetts	$36,540	105.8	1,210	1.10×
28	Virginia	$36,520	101.1	910	0.74×
29	Texas	$36,340	97.1	2,570	0.60×
30	Georgia	$36,120	96.3	2,210	1.50×
31	Arkansas	$36,090	86.9	140	0.34×
32	Maryland	$35,440	105.0	570	0.69×
33	Oregon	$34,870	103.4	1,190	2.01×
34	Minnesota	$34,670	98.6	1,190	1.34×
35	North Dakota	$34,230	89.0	220	1.66×
36	Michigan	$33,990	96.2	2,600	1.96×
37	Wisconsin	$33,970	94.1	710	0.81×
38	Maine	$33,690	97.0	310	1.60×
39	Tennessee	$33,550	91.9	2,310	2.34×
40	Nebraska	$33,280	90.1	760	2.47×
41	Pennsylvania	$32,790	97.6	1,320	0.72×
42	Missouri	$32,330	90.8	1,400	1.58×
43	West Virginia	$31,790	89.5	240	1.12×
44	New Hampshire	$31,770	104.2	150	0.74×
45	Ohio	$31,040	92.8	2,430	1.45×
46	Vermont	$29,290	98.0	130	1.37×
47	North Carolina	$29,000	94.3	2,000	1.34×
48	South Carolina	$27,840	93.7	450	0.64×
49	Indiana	$26,920	93.3	560	0.58×
50	Nevada	$25,290	100.0	320	0.68×
51	Kentucky	$23,870	90.2	450	0.75×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where motor vehicle operators, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for motor vehicle operators, all other

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Savannah, GA	$74,770	95.2	—	—
2	Anchorage, AK	$74,710	105.4	70	1.27×
3	Vallejo, CA	$73,280	108.5	60	1.38×
4	Salinas, CA	$71,140	109.0	50	0.85×
5	Urban Honolulu, HI	$64,800	111.0	180	1.36×
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$64,600	108.9	1,510	1.60×
7	Chambersburg, PA	$64,150	94.6	60	3.38×
8	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$62,910	98.9	60	1.16×
9	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$62,460	105.1	70	0.75×
10	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$62,230	97.0	30	0.87×
11	Jacksonville, NC	$61,360	92.1	80	5.22×
12	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$59,330	103.6	590	0.44×
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$58,510	111.1	160	0.26×
14	Oklahoma City, OK	$57,550	90.4	50	0.26×
15	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$56,880	103.3	—	—
16	Bozeman, MT	$53,750	102.5	120	5.63×
17	Birmingham, AL	$53,120	91.6	60	0.37×
18	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$53,050	100.9	30	0.13×
19	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$52,540	90.0	30	0.68×
20	Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	$52,520	87.7	90	7.22×
21	San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$51,420	—	—	—
22	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$50,140	115.6	430	0.59×
23	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$48,230	110.4	180	0.53×
24	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$47,870	100.9	80	0.74×
25	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,770	111.9	340	0.74×
26	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$45,850	112.6	3,370	1.18×
27	Visalia, CA	$45,290	99.8	70	1.34×
28	Killeen-Temple, TX	$44,300	91.1	50	1.12×
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,180	113.6	1,140	0.60×
30	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$44,050	92.6	50	0.36×
31	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$43,730	106.7	220	0.69×
32	Boulder, CO	$43,390	105.2	130	2.16×
33	Warner Robins, GA	$43,320	93.8	30	1.43×
34	Gainesville, FL	$43,270	96.7	30	0.72×
35	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$42,600	94.7	280	0.82×
36	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$42,530	101.8	100	0.48×
37	Fresno, CA	$42,420	102.2	70	0.51×
38	El Paso, TX	$42,330	89.9	80	0.75×
39	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$42,150	106.4	410	0.80×
40	Billings, MT	$41,860	93.5	170	6.16×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where motor vehicle operators, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,640
Light Truck Drivers$44,860
Driver/Sales Workers$38,770
Bus Drivers, School$47,920
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,290
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$59,050
Taxi Drivers$42,100
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians$35,450

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other salary

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Getting in

Where motor vehicle operators, all other earn the most

Best paying metro areas for motor vehicle operators, all other

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