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| Airfield Operations Specialists | Ensure the safe takeoff and landing of commercial and military aircraft. Duties include coordination between air-traffic control and maintenance personnel, dispatching, using airfield landing and navigational aids, implementing airfield safety procedures, monitoring and maintaining flight records, and applying knowledge of weather information. |
The median salary for Airfield Operations Specialists is $51600 |
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| Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing aircraft, usually on scheduled air carrier routes, for the transport of passengers and cargo. Requires Federal Air Transport certificate and rating for specific aircraft type used. Includes regional, national, and international airline pilots and flight instructors of airline pilots. |
The median salary for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers is $221000 |
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| Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians | Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients. |
The median salary for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians is $31200 |
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| Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels | Command or supervise operations of ships and water vessels, such as tugboats and ferryboats. Required to hold license issued by U.S. Coast Guard. |
The median salary for Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels is $99300 |
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| Commercial Pilots | Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing aircraft on nonscheduled air carrier routes, or helicopters. Requires Commercial Pilot certificate. Includes charter pilots with similar certification, and air ambulance and air tour pilots. Excludes regional, national, and international airline pilots. |
The median salary for Commercial Pilots is $107700 |
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| Couriers and Messengers | Pick up and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or directly to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance. |
The median salary for Couriers and Messengers is $36500 |
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| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | Schedule and dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles for conveyance of materials, freight, or passengers, or for normal installation, service, or emergency repairs rendered outside the place of business. Duties may include using radio, telephone, or computer to transmit assignments and compiling statistics and reports on work progress. |
The median salary for Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance is $46500 |
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| Driver/Sales Workers | Drive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell or deliver goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up or deliver items such as commercial laundry. May also take orders, collect payment, or stock merchandise at point of delivery. |
The median salary for Driver/Sales Workers is $34000 |
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| Flight Attendants | Monitor safety of the aircraft cabin. Provide services to airline passengers, explain safety information, serve food and beverages, and respond to emergency incidents. |
The median salary for Flight Attendants is $66000 |
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| Freight Forwarders | Research rates, routings, or modes of transport for shipment of products. Maintain awareness of regulations affecting the international movement of cargo. Make arrangements for additional services, such as storage or inland transportation. |
The median salary for Freight Forwarders is $48900 |
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| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). May be required to unload truck. Requires commercial drivers' license. Includes tow truck drivers. |
The median salary for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is $51900 |
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| Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators | Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location. |
The median salary for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators is $42800 |
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| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified. |
The median salary for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is $37400 |
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| Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers | Drive a light vehicle, such as a truck or van, with a capacity of less than 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), primarily to pick up merchandise or packages from a distribution center and deliver. May load and unload vehicle. |
The median salary for Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers is $42000 |
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| Motorboat Operators | Operate small motor-driven boats. May assist in navigational activities. |
The median salary for Motorboat Operators is $43000 |
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| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators | Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products. |
The median salary for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators is $38000 |
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| Packers and Packagers, Hand | Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials. |
The median salary for Packers and Packagers, Hand is $34100 |
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| Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers | Drive switching or other locomotive or dinkey engines within railroad yard, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location. |
The median salary for Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers is $58800 |
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| Riggers | Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry. |
The median salary for Riggers is $56700 |
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| Sailors and Marine Oilers | Stand watch to look for obstructions in path of vessel, measure water depth, turn wheel on bridge, or use emergency equipment as directed by captain, mate, or pilot. Break out, rig, overhaul, and store cargo-handling gear, stationary rigging, and running gear. Perform a variety of maintenance tasks to preserve the painted surface of the ship and to maintain line and ship equipment. Must hold government-issued certification and tankerman certification when working aboard liquid-carrying vessels. Includes able seamen and ordinary seamen. |
The median salary for Sailors and Marine Oilers is $49400 |
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| Ship Engineers | Supervise and coordinate activities of crew engaged in operating and maintaining engines, boilers, deck machinery, and electrical, sanitary, and refrigeration equipment aboard ship. |
The median salary for Ship Engineers is $90900 |
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| Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks | Verify and maintain records on incoming and outgoing shipments involving inventory. Duties include verifying and recording incoming merchandise or material and arranging for the transportation of products. May prepare items for shipment. |
The median salary for Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks is $39100 |
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| Signal and Track Switch Repairers | Install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, signal equipment, track switches, section lines, or intercommunications systems within a railroad system. |
The median salary for Signal and Track Switch Repairers is $84600 |
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| Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders | Load and unload chemicals and bulk solids, such as coal, sand, and grain, into or from tank cars, trucks, or ships, using material moving equipment. May perform a variety of other tasks relating to shipment of products. May gauge or sample shipping tanks and test them for leaks. |
The median salary for Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders is $56100 |
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| Transportation Engineers | Develop plans for surface transportation projects, according to established engineering standards and state or federal construction policy. Prepare designs, specifications, or estimates for transportation facilities. Plan modifications of existing streets, highways, or freeways to improve traffic flow. |
The median salary for Transportation Engineers is $92900 |
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| Transportation Inspectors | Inspect equipment or goods in connection with the safe transport of cargo or people. Includes rail transportation inspectors, such as freight inspectors, rail inspectors, and other inspectors of transportation vehicles not elsewhere classified. |
The median salary for Transportation Inspectors is $82400 |
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| Transportation Security Screeners | Conduct screening of passengers, baggage, or cargo to ensure compliance with Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regulations. May operate basic security equipment such as x-ray machines and hand wands at screening checkpoints. |
The median salary for Transportation Security Screeners is $49200 |
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