Taxi drivers

Detailed Occupation

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2020 Workforce
283k
Average Age
45
Average Salary
$28,310
Average Male Salary
$29,872
Average Female Salary
$20,176

About

Taxi drivers are most often employed by the Taxi & limousine service industry. The average yearly wage for Taxi drivers was $28,310 in 2020.

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Employment and salary information for the Taxi drivers workforce. Taxi drivers workforce in 2020 was 282,910 people, of which 16.1% were women and 83.9% were men. Taxi drivers are paid most in Evansville City PUMA, IN but are relatively concentrated in Sunnyside & Woodside PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
237,329
Male Workforce
± 12k
45,581
Female Workforce
± 5.24k

The Taxi drivers workforce in 2020 was 282,910 people (16.1% women and 83.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 19% between 2018 (237,716) and 2020 (282,910).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Taxi drivers.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($98,635), Connecticut ($42,128), and North Dakota ($38,196).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$28,310
AVERAGE WAGE
#460 in the ranking (2020)
$55,954
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Taxi drivers earned an average of $28,310, $27,644 less than the average national salary of $55,954

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.429
WAGE GINI

In 2020, Taxi drivers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.429, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Taxi drivers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Taxi drivers and on wages for those in the field. Taxi & limousine service is the industry that employs the most Taxi drivers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Taxi drivers, by average wage, is Motion pictures & video industries ($76,017).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
283k
2020 Workforce
± 13,046
5.75%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 6.25%

This graphic shows the share of Taxi drivers employed by various industries. Taxi & limousine service employs the largest share of Taxi drivers at 96.7%, followed by Services incidental to transportation with 2.14% and Individual & family services with 1.2%.

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Demographic information on Taxi drivers in the US. The workforce of Taxi drivers in 2020 was 282,910 people, with 16.1% woman, and 83.9% men. The average age of male Taxi drivers in the workforce is 45.6 and of female Taxi drivers is 42.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Taxi drivers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Taxi drivers in 2020 was 282,910 people, with 16.1% woman, and 83.9% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (32,796 people), 35 to 39 years (31,735  people), and 55 to 59 years (30,872 people). Among them they concentrated 33.8% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2020, 21.7% of Taxi drivers workers were Hispanic and 78.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (57.5%), Dominican (27.1)%, and Cuban (15.4)%

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Races

In 2020, 47.6% of the Taxi drivers workforce were White, of which 17.9% were women and 82.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (25.8%) and Asian (12.6%).

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Data on higher education choices for Taxi drivers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Taxi drivers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Mechanical Technologies.

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Taxi drivers in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (14,610 people), Social Sciences (5,953 people), and Engineering (5,679 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Taxi drivers workers were High School or Equivalent (95,699 people), Some college (75,248 people), and Bachelors Degree (45,506 people).

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