Transportation & Material Moving Occupations

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2020 Workforce

11.3M

Average Age

41.5

Average Salary

$37,401

Average Male Salary

$40,180

Average Female Salary

$26,663

About

Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are most often employed by the Truck transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations was $37,401 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Transportation & Material Moving Occupations by wage are Office & Administrative Support Occupations, Production Occupations, and Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations.

Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are part of the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, along with Production Occupations and Transportation & Material Moving Occupations.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are Johnson County PUMA, TX, Moreno Valley City PUMA, CA, and Clayton County (North)Forest Park City PUMA, GA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are Fontana City (East) PUMA, CA, Johnson County PUMA, TX, and Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Transportation & Material Moving Occupations and on wages and locations for those in the field. Truck transportation is the industry that employs the most Transportation & Material Moving Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations, by average wage, is Air transportation. Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are paid most in Wellington Village & Agricultural Reserve PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in Fontana City (East) PUMA, CA.

Yearly Wage

$37,401

AVERAGE SALARY

± $285

In 2020, Transportation & Material Moving Occupations earned an average of $37,401, $18,553 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Office & Administrative Support Occupations make somewhat more than Transportation & Material Moving Occupations while Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Transportation & Material Moving Occupations as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.414

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Transportation & Material Moving Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.414, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Transportation & Material Moving Occupations, by number of employees, are Truck transportation, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters, Warehousing & storage, Couriers & messengers, Bus service & urban transit, Services incidental to transportation, Taxi & limousine service, Construction, Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers, and Restaurants & Food Services.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations, by average wage, are Air transportation, Business, professional, political, & similar organizations, and Rail transportation.

Industries by Share

11.3M

2020 Workforce

± 79,373

0.495%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 0.988%

The number of people employed as Transportation & Material Moving Occupations has been growing at a rate of 0.495%, from 11,259,923 people in 2019 to 11,315,669 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations employed by various industries. Truck transportation employs the largest share of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations at 11.6%, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 6% and General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters with 4.66%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Transportation & Material Moving Occupations in the US. The average age of male Transportation & Material Moving Occupations in the workforce is 41.5 and of female Transportation & Material Moving Occupations is 41.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

8.99M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 71,342

2.33M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 37,154

79.4% of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

53.2% of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 17.9% of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations.

Age by Sex

41.5

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.124

41.6

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.239

The median age of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations is 41.5, and Male employees are generally 0.177 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations is Business but a relatively high number of Transportation & Material Moving Occupations hold a major in Transportation.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Transportation & Material Moving Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Transportation & Material Moving Occupations need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring and Operation and Control. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Transportation & Material Moving Occupations need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, and Troubleshooting.