SOC 53-3053 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs wages by metro

National median annual wage

$37,290

10th percentile
$28,090
25th percentile
$32,710
Median
$37,290
75th percentile
$45,700
90th percentile
$55,070
Mean
$39,880

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

National employment in May 2025: 248,530.

That median is 26.9% lower than the all-occupations national median of $50,980.

The metro and state figures below are the same May 2025 release. A blank wage means BLS did not publish it. See when a wage is not published.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Highest published medians

Metros with the highest published annual medians for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
Urban Honolulu, HI1,840$35,500$57,050$63,270
Kahului-Wailuku, HI280$37,500$54,340$72,350
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA160$38,780$51,860$67,360
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,140$40,860$50,040$74,050
Boulder, CO220$38,480$49,500$62,020
Modesto, CA310$35,300$48,770$63,140
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,540$40,340$48,370$71,120
Springfield, MA1,650$35,480$47,720$47,720
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA80$28,110$47,710$55,180
Coeur d'Alene, ID90$33,780$46,550$48,350
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA3,040$40,510$46,180$61,970
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA540$35,970$45,640$60,270
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,960$36,040$45,640$60,010
Harrisonburg, VA140$31,300$45,580$51,400
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ18,760$35,680$45,410$61,320
Grand Forks, ND-MN120$29,800$44,830$56,850
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA11,590$35,490$44,460$61,300
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA440$37,280$44,270$61,850
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA50$38,130$44,130$52,950
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA200$34,320$43,840$56,290

Where employment is largest

Metros with the most Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs jobs in the May 2025 tables.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ18,760$35,680$45,410$61,320
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA11,590$35,490$44,460$61,300
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH7,970$35,930$43,590$60,780
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL6,620$27,330$34,610$42,890
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD6,390$26,890$36,760$50,600
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN6,370$34,110$38,290$58,430
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,960$36,040$45,640$60,010
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,540$40,340$48,370$71,120
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI3,990$31,890$42,280$59,570
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ3,920$31,600$37,520$47,570
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,660$21,640$36,900$48,830
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3,350$25,130$35,020$47,810
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,290$20,890$33,920$48,230
Pittsburgh, PA3,140$23,630$33,950$44,120
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA3,040$40,510$46,180$61,970
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD3,020$33,800$41,200$59,110
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV2,890$25,790$36,160$56,930
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI2,600$29,550$36,390$45,390
Cleveland, OH2,440$28,420$35,550$50,610
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA2,350$35,260$43,670$56,370

States and territories

State estimates for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs, May 2025.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
Hawaii2,490$35,050$50,310$63,270
District of Columbia440$37,510$45,700$62,400
California29,940$35,240$44,730$61,750
Washington4,780$37,650$44,660$61,640
New York18,130$33,750$44,160$61,320
Massachusetts12,620$35,830$43,590$55,930
Vermont470$34,910$42,270$52,120
Colorado4,710$33,420$41,020$56,030
Minnesota6,500$30,660$39,810$56,850
Alaska960$30,570$39,800$57,160
Maryland5,480$34,060$39,750$57,270
New Jersey9,330$32,750$39,470$60,100
Virginia7,760$29,810$38,670$54,140
Connecticut3,410$34,010$38,540$49,120
Maine1,190$31,960$38,060$49,400
Utah1,060$29,190$37,890$53,150
Delaware880$31,200$37,880$60,510
Illinois7,840$32,740$37,590$58,430
North Dakota660$30,560$37,560$52,600
Oregon3,510$33,090$37,310$53,110
Missouri4,700$28,760$37,050$47,700
Arizona5,620$30,770$36,840$47,080
Montana590$29,840$36,620$46,290
Michigan5,870$28,900$36,330$45,040
South Dakota620$29,810$36,310$41,710
Rhode Island790$31,200$36,300$47,140
Idaho1,110$23,200$36,190$68,100
Nevada3,460$25,830$36,170$56,920
Texas13,240$21,490$35,600$47,920
Virgin Islands70$26,670$35,300$40,690
Nebraska1,570$28,080$35,280$44,000
New Mexico1,490$27,620$34,970$47,930
Kansas2,680$24,880$34,670$44,210
Florida15,490$27,540$34,660$44,460
Pennsylvania14,410$24,000$34,230$44,780
Georgia5,810$23,730$34,110$47,790
New Hampshire1,220$25,580$34,090$57,610
Wisconsin6,820$24,140$34,000$43,780
Kentucky2,630$24,960$33,580$44,120
Wyoming560$25,450$33,540$44,680
Ohio10,450$26,470$33,530$45,830
Tennessee3,240$27,960$33,450$50,450
Indiana4,810$24,020$32,780$45,010
Oklahoma1,270$23,660$32,590$45,090
Iowa1,880$25,690$32,580$44,840
North Carolina5,520$24,150$31,980$46,320
Alabama1,850$23,350$30,960$44,230
Louisiana2,140$22,420$30,640$48,490
South Carolina2,500$22,410$30,490$49,490
Arkansas1,910$25,180$29,740$38,100
West Virginia1,000$21,750$27,950$40,610
Guam110$20,380$26,940$42,350
Mississippi1,150$21,080$26,900$41,280
Puerto Rico1,630$21,840$21,890$26,420

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Questions this page answers

What is the national median wage for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, the national median annual wage for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs is $37,290. Employment is 248,530.

How does Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs pay compare with all occupations?

The national median for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs is 26.9% lower than the all-occupations median of $50,980.

Which metro has the highest published median for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs?

Among metros with a published annual median in the May 2025 tables, Urban Honolulu, HI is highest on this page's list at $57,050.