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

This post summarizes key statistics on Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge and lock tenders and traffic technicians using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	25,281
25	43,216
30	64,824
35	65,971
40	78,274
45	82,393
50	87,544
55	75,628
60	74,154
65	75,628

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	3.1
High School Degree	33.0
Some College, No Degree	30.7
Associate's Degree	10.7
Bachelor's Degree	15.5
Master's Degree	5.9
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.5
PhD	0.6

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	4.10
20-39	8.70
39-41	51.80
41-50	19.30
50-60	10.90
More than 60	5.20

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge and lock tenders and traffic technicians.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
43.20	90,725	Railroads
9.20	41,197	Services incidental to transportation
7.90	43,094	Air transportation
5.80	64,824	Administration of economic programs
5.00	66,945	All construction
4.10	73,715	Bus service and urban transit
3.00	43,980	Trucking service
2.50	67,192	Engineering, architectural, and surveying services
2.10	56,646	General government, n.e.c.
1.70	47,631	Elementary and secondary schools

This table highlights the top industries people working as Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge and lock tenders and traffic technicians work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge and lock tenders and traffic technicians. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
77.50	No 4-Year Degree	65,776
1.60	Business Management and Administration	79,408
1.40	Architecture	103,842
1.20	Criminal Justice and Fire Protection	89,182
1.20	Political Science and Government	102,067
1.00	Civil Engineering	78,187
0.90	Geography	85,517
0.80	General Business	102,637
0.50	Psychology	85,056
0.50	Economics	64,824

This table highlights the top majors people working as Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge and lock tenders and traffic technicians received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge and lock tenders and traffic technicians. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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