Transportation Workers, All Other

SOC 53-6099 · 2024-2034

All transportation workers 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: $48,632per year
Projected openings: 2,250
Projected change: +10.5%
Usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent

Pay by region

Region	Typical pay in California	Projected openings
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)	$39,273	220

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under: $41,090
A quarter earn under: $47,671
Half earn under: $48,632
Three quarters earn under: $78,461
The highest-paid tenth earn over: $79,973

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%

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