Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
SOC 53-3099 · 2024-2034
All motor vehicle operators not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $46,036per year
- Projected openings
- 7,890
- Projected change
- +7.1%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $71,968 | 140 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $71,712 | 160 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $67,201 | 550 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $64,071 | 70 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $61,233 | 120 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $57,751 | 70 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $56,675 | 40 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $56,368 | 100 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $51,065 | 1,430 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $50,539 | 430 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $47,835 | 170 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $46,872 | 1,060 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $44,619 | 530 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $44,578 | 450 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $41,986 | 150 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $41,054 | 90 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $38,606 | 1,340 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $38,165 | 1,270 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $35,994 | 150 |
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.
| The job this trains for | 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% |