Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians

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2024 Workforce

47k

Average Age

42.9

Average Salary

$58,518

Average Male Salary

$59,795

Average Female Salary

$54,621

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Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians are most often employed by the Services incidental to transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians was $58,518 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians are NYC-Brooklyn Community District 5--East New York & Cypress Hills PUMA, NY, Chicago City (Southwest)--Ashburn, Garfield Ridge, West Lawn, Clearing & West Elsdon PUMA, IL, and San Juan Sur PUMA, PR. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians are Hernando County PUMA, FL, Mohave County South--Lake Havasu City PUMA, AZ, and San Juan Sur PUMA, PR.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians workforce. Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians workforce in 2024 was 46,951 people, of which 24.7% were women and 75.3% were men.

Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians are paid most in Seattle City (Central) PUMA, WA but are relatively concentrated in Hernando County PUMA, FL.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping

35,365

Male Workforce

± 4.62k

11,586

Female Workforce

± 2.64k

The Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians workforce in 2024 was 46,951 people (24.7% women and 75.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 93.7% between 2014 (24,239) and 2024 (46,951).

Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Washington ($86,454), Kansas ($85,455), and California ($75,524).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$58,518

AVERAGE WAGE

#282 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians earned an average of $58,518, $11,360 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.355

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.355, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians and on wages for those in the field. Services incidental to transportation is the industry that employs the most Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians, by average wage, is Other professional, scientific & technical services ($120,356).

Occupations by Industries

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Value

47k

2024 Workforce

± 5,319

14.8%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 14.5%

This graphic shows the share of Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians employed by various industries. Services incidental to transportation employs the largest share of Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians at 37.8%, followed by Air transportation with 31% and Administration of economic programs & space research with 15.9%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians in the US. The workforce of Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians in 2024 was 46,951 people, with 24.7% woman, and 75.3% men. The average age of male Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians in the workforce is 43.1 and of female Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians is 42.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians in 2024 was 46,951 people, with 24.7% woman, and 75.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (5,869 people), 35 to 39 years (5,779 people), and 55 to 59 years (5,538 people). Among them they concentrated 37% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 18.5% of Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians workers were Hispanic and 81.5% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (50.8%), Puerto Rican (24.3)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (6.55)%

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Races

In 2024, 55.4% of the Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians workforce were White, of which 24.4% were women and 75.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (18.6%) and Two or More Races (12.5%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians is Social Sciences but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Architecture and Related Services.

Among the necessary skills for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians, Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians need more than the average amount of Operation and Control.

Majors

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

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Social Sciences (2,782 people), Business (2,732 people), and Engineering (1,329 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians workers were High School or Equivalent (13,529 people), Some college (12,617 people), and Bachelors Degree (8,745 people).

The graphic shows the Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians need many skills, but most especially Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Coordination.