Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
SOC 53-3099 · 2024-2034
All motor vehicle operators not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $46,036per year
- Projected openings
- 7,890
- Projected change
- +7.1%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $71,968 | 140 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $71,712 | 160 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $67,201 | 550 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $64,071 | 70 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $61,233 | 120 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $57,751 | 70 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $56,675 | 40 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $56,368 | 100 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $51,065 | 1,430 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $50,539 | 430 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $47,835 | 170 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $46,872 | 1,060 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $44,619 | 530 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $44,578 | 450 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $41,986 | 150 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $41,054 | 90 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $38,606 | 1,340 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $38,165 | 1,270 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $35,994 | 150 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $37,422
- A quarter earn under
- $39,098
- Half earn under
- $46,036
- Three quarters earn under
- $63,163
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $78,032
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockers and Order Fillers | $43,808 | 565,760 | +15.5% |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | $45,689 | 502,850 | +8.6% |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | $61,548 | 262,610 | +11.4% |
| Light Truck Drivers | $47,814 | 157,370 | +17.9% |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $38,076 | 104,810 | -3.1% |
| Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators | $48,816 | 100,140 | +11.4% |