May 2018 Occupational Employment and Wages — 2019-03-29

Transportation and material moving occupations had employment of 10.2 million in May 2018, representing 7.1 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest transportation and material moving occupation was laborers and hand freight, stock, and material movers (2.9 million) and the highest paying transportation and material moving occupation was airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ($169,560). The annual mean wage across all transportation and material moving occupations was $38,290, compared with the U.S. average wage of $51,960. (See table 1.) The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program provides employment and wage estimates for over 800 occupations in the nation, states, and approximately 530 areas. National data are available by industry for approximately 415 industry classifications and by ownership across all industries, schools, and hospitals.