Highest-paying Cities for Other Transportation Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other transportation workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other transportation workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $69,340, Tacoma, Washington is the highest paying city for other transportation workers. It is followed by Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio (average annual salary $65,230). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other transportation workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Transportation Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Tacoma, Washington	$69,340	$54,930	90
2	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$65,230	$19,480	300
3	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$62,150	$42,150	40
4	Dayton, Ohio	$57,710	$27,320	80
5	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$57,270	$31,550	100
6	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$56,800	$35,340	160
7	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$56,320	$29,580	1,320
8	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$56,160	$35,550	30
9	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$55,800	$25,040	160
10	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$55,580	$50,290	70
11	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$55,560	$47,620	40
12	Hammond, Louisiana	$54,260	$18,410	30
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,250	$27,820	680
14	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$53,990	$48,370	30
15	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$51,820	$39,920	50
16	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$51,170	$22,570	n/a
17	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$50,670	$26,640	1,070
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,200	$50,180	320
19	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$50,080	$29,730	230
20	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$49,320	$43,910	60
21	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,940	$48,940	60
22	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$48,750	$27,270	n/a
23	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$48,550	$38,460	50
24	Monroe, Louisiana	$48,130	$28,410	50
25	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$47,510	$22,990	380
26	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$46,500	$19,370	60
27	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$46,350	$27,510	40
28	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$46,160	$28,820	30
29	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$46,110	$28,850	200
30	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$45,840	$28,780	70
31	El Paso, Texas	$45,550	$26,280	30
32	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$44,360	$20,100	30
33	Salt Lake City, Utah	$44,100	$37,270	50
34	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$44,100	$34,320	160
35	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,090	$34,400	60
36	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$44,090	$27,160	140
37	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$43,830	$26,510	70
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$43,750	$43,750	440
39	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$43,480	$38,490	110
40	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$43,230	$24,850	410
41	Stockton, California	$42,690	$42,690	40
42	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$42,560	$24,420	40
43	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$42,530	$33,140	110
44	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$42,460	$29,910	40
45	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$42,360	$36,950	370
46	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$42,190	$34,380	130
47	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$41,900	$33,620	90
48	Corpus Christi, Texas	$41,860	$20,990	n/a
49	Yuma, Arizona	$41,770	$25,910	40
50	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$40,880	$32,400	120
51	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$40,840	$39,200	40
52	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$40,510	$26,630	40
53	Savannah, Georgia	$40,180	$25,700	40
54	Memphis, Tennessee	$40,120	$28,900	40
55	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$39,860	$30,920	n/a
56	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$39,750	$23,560	40
57	Anchorage, Alaska	$39,690	$25,830	720
58	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$39,620	$30,310	60
59	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$39,220	$27,450	60
60	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$39,030	$25,620	740
61	Honolulu, Hawaii	$38,930	$18,540	510
62	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$38,930	$24,450	1,340
63	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$38,920	$22,140	1,610
64	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$38,710	$31,050	40
65	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$38,710	$25,670	1,510
66	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$38,670	$38,670	30
67	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$38,670	$23,120	830
68	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$38,660	$28,760	80
69	Fresno, California	$38,380	$29,370	40
70	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$38,170	$33,200	40
71	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$38,020	$29,460	670
72	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$37,830	$29,380	n/a
73	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$37,760	$21,380	90
74	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,440	$23,190	130
75	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$37,280	$28,240	30
76	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,200	$37,190	170
77	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$37,150	$26,830	90
78	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$37,070	$31,200	60
79	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$36,980	$29,290	1,170
80	Odessa, Texas	$36,920	$26,550	n/a
81	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$36,700	$27,270	30
82	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,590	$36,550	340
83	Rochester, New York	$36,570	$31,850	30
84	Rockford, Illinois	$36,420	$23,530	110
85	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$35,890	$16,990	80
86	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$35,830	$31,200	130
87	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$35,800	$27,760	n/a
88	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,780	$23,300	60
89	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$35,740	$23,380	50
90	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$35,300	$23,770	n/a
91	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$35,290	$18,820	70
92	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$35,140	$22,830	60
93	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$35,080	$20,120	2,100
94	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$35,010	$27,540	50
95	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$34,630	$25,040	n/a
96	New Haven, Connecticut	$33,830	$22,730	n/a
97	Columbus, Ohio	$33,800	$33,790	150
98	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$33,700	$26,000	30
99	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$33,390	$27,180	140
100	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$33,310	$19,380	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other transportation workers.