INDUSTRY:
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
A career in this industry might include driving trucks, trains, or aircraft. It may also include maintaining delivery systems or repair for vehicles in a distribution network.
There are 65 careers in this industry
Motorcycle Mechanics
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
- Median Salary:$43,370
- Most Common Education:Post-secondary certificate
Motor Vehicle Operators
All motor vehicle operators not listed separately.
- Median Salary:$33,210
- Most Common Education:Not available
Packers and Packagers, Hand
Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.
- Median Salary:$32,920
- Most Common Education:High school
Parking Attendants
Park vehicles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May park or tend vehicles in environments such as a car dealership or rental car facility. May collect fee.
- Median Salary:$30,570
- Most Common Education:High school
Passenger Attendants
Provide services to ensure the safety of passengers aboard ships, buses, trains, or within the station or terminal. Perform duties such as explaining the use of safety equipment, serving meals or beverages, or answering questions related to travel.
- Median Salary:$34,630
- Most Common Education:High school
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
Tend, control, or operate power-driven, stationary, or portable pumps and manifold systems to transfer gases, oil, other liquids, slurries, or powdered materials to and from various vessels and processes.
- Median Salary:$55,860
- Most Common Education:High school
Rail Car Repairers
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars.
- Median Salary:$62,510
- Most Common Education:High school
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers
Operate or monitor railroad track switches or locomotive instruments. May couple or uncouple rolling stock to make up or break up trains. Watch for and relay traffic signals. May inspect couplings, air hoses, journal boxes, and hand brakes. May watch for dragging equipment or obstacles on rights-of-way.
- Median Salary:$67,540
- Most Common Education:Not available
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
Coordinate activities of switch-engine crew within railroad yard, industrial plant, or similar location. Conductors coordinate activities of train crew on passenger or freight trains. Yardmasters review train schedules and switching orders and coordinate activities of workers engaged in railroad traffic operations, such as the makeup or breakup of trains and yard switching.
- Median Salary:$68,180
- Most Common Education:High school
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Includes ballast cleaning machine operators and railroad bed tamping machine operators.
- Median Salary:$63,230
- Most Common Education:High school