Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders Salary in the US
A tank car, truck, and ship loaders earns a national median of $58,870 a year (mean $59,970) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #445 of 825.
How much does a tank car, truck, and ship loaders earn in the US?
A tank car, truck, and ship loaders in the United States earns a median of $58,870 a year (mean $59,970), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 15% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 10,700 people work in this occupation (SOC 53-7121), ranked #445 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$58,870
per year
Mean
$59,970
per year
Employment
10,700
US workers
National rank
#445
of 825 by median
What a tank car, truck, and ship loaders earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a tank car, truck, and ship loaders (SOC 53-7121) earns a median annual wage of $58,870 and a mean (average) of $59,970. The median is the midpoint — half of tank car, truck, and ship loaders earn more and half earn less — and is 15% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a tank car, truck, and ship loaders in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for tank car, truck, and ship loaders is $58,870, and the mean (average) is $59,970. The median is the midpoint — half of tank car, truck, and ship loaders earn more and half earn less.
- How does tank car, truck, and ship loaders pay compare to the US average?
- At $58,870, a tank car, truck, and ship loaders earns 15% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many tank car, truck, and ship loaders are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 10,700 tank car, truck, and ship loaders employed nationally (SOC 53-7121), across all industries.
- Where does this tank car, truck, and ship loaders salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 53-7121. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 53-7121 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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