Occupational employment / Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Taxi drivers and chauffeurs" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,320 $13.13 $27,310
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 16,360 $13.16 $27,380
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 10,190 $13.41 $27,880
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 10,160 $13.55 $28,180
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 7,510 $13.37 $27,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 6,430 $13.80 $28,710
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 5,300 $12.32 $25,630
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5,040 $12.95 $26,930
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 4,610 $12.53 $26,050
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,290 $11.08 $23,050
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 3,680 $13.60 $28,290
Baltimore-Towson, MD 3,510 $11.66 $24,240
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3,290 $9.17 $19,080
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,260 $9.22 $19,180
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,070 $10.97 $22,810
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,710 $13.17 $27,390
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,680 $12.88 $26,780
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 2,480 $12.49 $25,990
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,430 $10.50 $21,840
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,320 $12.18 $25,330
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,220 $11.54 $24,010
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,170 $11.22 $23,330
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,170 $10.95 $22,770
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,140 $9.37 $19,490
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,020 $13.16 $27,380
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,950 $10.88 $22,630
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,940 $13.64 $28,380
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,710 $11.23 $23,360
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,700 $12.33 $25,650
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,670 $12.66 $26,330
Pittsburgh, PA 1,420 $9.78 $20,350
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,340 $10.49 $21,820
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,310 $9.71 $20,200
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,310 $8.38 $17,420
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,290 $11.04 $22,960
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,210 $11.16 $23,210
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,200 $17.28 $35,950
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,190 $10.64 $22,120
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,170 $14.65 $30,470
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,160 $10.02 $20,830
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,160 $9.51 $19,780
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,120 $8.95 $18,610
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,110 $12.02 $25,010
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,090 $10.51 $21,860
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,080 $10.77 $22,400
San Antonio, TX 1,060 $9.11 $18,950
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,020 $11.31 $23,520
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,010 $10.35 $21,520
Columbus, OH 980 $10.02 $20,830
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 970 $11.50 $23,930
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 870 $12.39 $25,770
Austin-Round Rock, TX 850 $10.60 $22,050
Richmond, VA 850 $10.24 $21,290
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 820 $11.46 $23,830
Honolulu, HI 820 $11.78 $24,500
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 790 $9.52 $19,810
Salt Lake City, UT 770 $9.87 $20,540
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 770 $12.12 $25,200
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 740 $11.82 $24,590
Madison, WI 730 $10.83 $22,530
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 680 $9.25 $19,230
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 680 $9.44 $19,640
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 660 $12.79 $26,610
Jacksonville, FL 650 $10.42 $21,670
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 640 $10.05 $20,910
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 640 $11.11 $23,100
Oklahoma City, OK 640 $10.30 $21,430
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 630 $14.20 $29,540
Rochester, NY 630 $10.49 $21,820
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 620 $11.52 $23,970
Springfield, MA-CT 620 $11.25 $23,410
Syracuse, NY 600 $9.69 $20,160
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 590 $10.28 $21,380
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 570 $13.42 $27,910
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 560 $13.87 $28,850
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 560 $8.84 $18,380
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 560 $9.44 $19,630
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 550 $7.09 $14,750
Raleigh-Cary, NC 530 $10.79 $22,450
Durham, NC 520 $10.36 $21,550
El Paso, TX 510 $7.35 $15,280
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 500 $12.18 $25,340
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 500 $9.73 $20,250
New Haven, CT 490 $12.02 $25,010
Tucson, AZ 460 $9.77 $20,320
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 440 $11.20 $23,300
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 420 $10.58 $22,010
Albuquerque, NM 420 $9.12 $18,960
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 410 $10.90 $22,660
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 400 $11.19 $23,270
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 400 Not available Not available
Atlantic City, NJ 390 $10.74 $22,330
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 380 $9.62 $20,010
Akron, OH 360 $12.01 $24,970
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 360 $11.20 $23,290
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 350 $11.98 $24,910
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 340 $9.93 $20,660
Worcester, MA-CT 340 $10.22 $21,260
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 340 $9.93 $20,650
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 320 $11.24 $23,380
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 320 $9.15 $19,020
Salem, OR 320 $9.29 $19,320
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 320 $9.43 $19,610
Greensboro-High Point, NC 310 Not available Not available
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 290 $13.90 $28,920
Chattanooga, TN-GA 290 $8.98 $18,670
Jackson, MS 290 $9.27 $19,290
Spokane, WA 280 $12.53 $26,060
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 280 $8.51 $17,710
Lexington-Fayette, KY 280 $9.39 $19,530
Greenville, SC 280 $8.04 $16,730
Reno-Sparks, NV 270 $10.64 $22,140
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 270 $10.55 $21,940
Columbia, SC 260 $9.54 $19,850
Savannah, GA 260 $7.30 $15,180
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 260 $16.13 $33,550
Wichita, KS 260 $9.48 $19,730
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 250 $9.82 $20,430
Dayton, OH 250 $9.90 $20,580
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 250 $11.14 $23,170
Tulsa, OK 240 $9.52 $19,790
Rochester, MN 240 $10.83 $22,530
Provo-Orem, UT 240 $11.18 $23,250
Johnstown, PA 230 $8.84 $18,390
Lafayette, LA 230 $13.10 $27,250
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 230 $10.10 $21,010
Valdosta, GA 220 $7.09 $14,750
Peoria, IL 220 $9.94 $20,680
Mobile, AL 220 $10.50 $21,850
Manchester, NH 220 $11.26 $23,420
Boise City-Nampa, ID 220 $11.56 $24,040
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 220 $9.85 $20,500
Erie, PA 210 $10.78 $22,430
Baton Rouge, LA 200 $10.84 $22,540
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 200 $9.44 $19,630
Salinas, CA 200 $11.22 $23,330
Lafayette, IN 190 $8.84 $18,380
Fargo, ND-MN 190 $9.87 $20,520
Bloomington, IN 190 $12.02 $25,000
Colorado Springs, CO 190 $10.43 $21,690
Toledo, OH 190 $8.99 $18,710
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 190 $12.48 $25,950
Asheville, NC 180 $10.53 $21,900
Napa, CA 180 $12.22 $25,410
Eau Claire, WI 180 $8.51 $17,710
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 180 $10.14 $21,090
Springfield, MO 170 $8.78 $18,270
Canton-Massillon, OH 170 $10.10 $21,010
Lincoln, NE 170 $10.49 $21,830
Eugene-Springfield, OR 170 $9.64 $20,060
Lancaster, PA 170 $10.29 $21,400
Binghamton, NY 170 $10.77 $22,410
Reading, PA 170 $9.81 $20,400
Flint, MI 170 $11.67 $24,270
Fresno, CA 170 $10.90 $22,680
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 170 $10.62 $22,080
St. George, UT 170 $14.00 $29,120
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 170 $10.29 $21,410
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 160 $10.30 $21,420
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 160 $7.28 $15,140
Columbia, MO 160 $9.96 $20,720
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 160 $9.73 $20,240
Lakeland, FL 160 $10.04 $20,880
Winston-Salem, NC 160 $10.42 $21,680
Charlottesville, VA 150 $9.69 $20,150
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 150 $9.25 $19,250
Spartanburg, SC 150 $10.84 $22,560
Portsmouth, NH-ME 150 $11.98 $24,910
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 150 $8.86 $18,430
Santa Fe, NM 150 $11.21 $23,320
Duluth, MN-WI 150 $10.78 $22,430
Salisbury, MD 140 $12.72 $26,460
Corpus Christi, TX 140 $9.11 $18,950
Naples-Marco Island, FL 140 $11.31 $23,520
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 140 $11.47 $23,860
Roanoke, VA 140 $10.48 $21,800
Billings, MT 130 $9.06 $18,840
Yakima, WA 130 $12.09 $25,150
Charleston, WV 130 $9.98 $20,760
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 130 $12.68 $26,380
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 130 $11.94 $24,830
Sioux Falls, SD 130 $9.95 $20,690
New Bedford, MA 130 $11.01 $22,890
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 130 $9.40 $19,550
Modesto, CA 130 $10.34 $21,520
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 130 $11.32 $23,540
Stockton, CA 130 $10.53 $21,900
Fort Wayne, IN 130 $9.85 $20,490
Columbus, GA-AL 120 $8.18 $17,010
Wheeling, WV-OH 120 $8.86 $18,430
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 120 $8.46 $17,590
Dover, DE 120 $10.30 $21,420
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 120 $9.84 $20,470
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 120 $10.41 $21,650
York-Hanover, PA 120 $11.09 $23,070
Utica-Rome, NY 120 $9.53 $19,810
Wilmington, NC 120 $9.56 $19,890
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 110 Not available Not available
Albany, GA 110 $6.96 $14,480
Fayetteville, NC 110 $9.30 $19,340
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 110 $9.32 $19,390
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 110 $9.79 $20,370
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 110 $10.32 $21,470
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 110 $10.60 $22,050
Owensboro, KY 110 $9.44 $19,630
Anchorage, AK 110 $11.91 $24,780
Appleton, WI 110 $10.02 $20,850
Green Bay, WI 110 $8.50 $17,680
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 110 $12.95 $26,940
Pittsfield, MA 110 $10.68 $22,210
Dubuque, IA 100 $12.49 $25,980
Barnstable Town, MA 100 $13.48 $28,030
Ann Arbor, MI 100 $11.77 $24,490
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 100 $9.65 $20,070
St. Cloud, MN 100 $9.98 $20,760
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 100 $9.21 $19,160
Danbury, CT 100 $14.98 $31,150
Topeka, KS 100 $8.39 $17,460
Champaign-Urbana, IL 100 Not available Not available
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 100 $9.99 $20,780
Bellingham, WA 90 $14.81 $30,810
Lubbock, TX 90 $9.22 $19,170
Bakersfield, CA 90 $10.25 $21,310
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 90 $9.95 $20,700
Gainesville, FL 90 $10.91 $22,700
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 90 $13.03 $27,090
Chico, CA 90 $9.26 $19,260
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 90 $8.90 $18,510
Joplin, MO 90 $9.60 $19,980
Longview, TX 90 $8.09 $16,820
Ocean City, NJ 90 $12.83 $26,690
Waterbury, CT 90 $12.32 $25,630
Lynchburg, VA 80 $9.05 $18,830
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 80 $10.72 $22,300
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 80 $8.34 $17,340
Laredo, TX 80 $7.83 $16,290
Iowa City, IA 80 $12.09 $25,150
Coeur d'Alene, ID 80 $9.21 $19,160
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 70 $11.60 $24,130
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 70 $8.02 $16,680
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 70 $10.74 $22,330
Rapid City, SD 70 $11.09 $23,060
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 70 $10.94 $22,740
Huntsville, AL 70 $9.25 $19,240
Tyler, TX 70 $8.80 $18,300
Victoria, TX 70 $7.35 $15,290
Altoona, PA 70 $9.38 $19,510
Missoula, MT 70 $8.92 $18,540
Bangor, ME 70 $10.42 $21,670
Grand Forks, ND-MN 70 $7.87 $16,370
El Centro, CA 60 $10.32 $21,460
Glens Falls, NY 60 $8.87 $18,440
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 60 $10.99 $22,860
Greenville, NC 60 $9.31 $19,370
Monroe, MI 60 $10.82 $22,510
Harrisonburg, VA 60 $9.47 $19,700
Danville, VA 60 $7.18 $14,920
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 60 $9.80 $20,380
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 60 $10.07 $20,950
Wichita Falls, TX 60 $8.09 $16,820
Punta Gorda, FL 60 $11.86 $24,670
Tallahassee, FL 60 $9.84 $20,460
Athens-Clarke County, GA 60 $7.94 $16,520
Gainesville, GA 60 $10.30 $21,420
Bloomington-Normal, IL 60 $10.79 $22,440
Abilene, TX 60 $10.20 $21,210
Fairbanks, AK 60 $12.73 $26,490
Mayaguez, PR 60 $7.78 $16,190
Montgomery, AL 60 $9.89 $20,580
Prescott, AZ 60 $9.97 $20,750
Wausau, WI 60 $9.88 $20,550
Ponce, PR 50 $8.35 $17,370
College Station-Bryan, TX 50 $10.76 $22,390
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 50 $8.42 $17,510
Mansfield, OH 50 $9.16 $19,050
Jonesboro, AR 50 $9.19 $19,120
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 50 $7.44 $15,470
Ocala, FL 50 $10.13 $21,070
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 50 $9.42 $19,600
Cheyenne, WY 50 $9.00 $18,730
Bay City, MI 50 $9.01 $18,730
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 50 $10.54 $21,930
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 50 $9.30 $19,340
Olympia, WA 50 $10.69 $22,230
Monroe, LA 50 $9.08 $18,880
Lake Charles, LA 50 $9.30 $19,350
Racine, WI 50 $10.78 $22,420
Terre Haute, IN 50 $7.67 $15,950
Williamsport, PA 50 $8.14 $16,930
Jacksonville, NC 50 $8.99 $18,710
Visalia-Porterville, CA 50 $10.97 $22,810
Medford, OR 50 $10.82 $22,500
Amarillo, TX 50 $11.11 $23,110
Evansville, IN-KY 50 $10.27 $21,360
State College, PA 40 $9.95 $20,690
Lebanon, PA 40 $12.14 $25,260
Battle Creek, MI 40 $9.18 $19,100
Anniston-Oxford, AL 40 $6.90 $14,350
Cumberland, MD-WV 40 $9.57 $19,900
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 40 $11.39 $23,700
Florence, SC 40 $9.95 $20,690
Janesville, WI 40 $10.83 $22,530
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 40 $9.39 $19,530
Alexandria, LA 40 $7.68 $15,980
Farmington, NM 40 $11.01 $22,900
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 40 $9.22 $19,190
Yuma, AZ 40 $10.54 $21,920
Las Cruces, NM 40 $8.80 $18,310
Winchester, VA-WV 40 $9.82 $20,420
Bend, OR 40 $11.35 $23,610
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 40 $10.08 $20,970
Sherman-Denison, TX 30 $9.56 $19,890
Lawton, OK 30 $7.66 $15,930
Waco, TX 30 $8.69 $18,080
Boulder, CO 30 $15.09 $31,390
Idaho Falls, ID Not available $8.46 $17,590
Ithaca, NY Not available $14.44 $30,040
Kingston, NY Not available $11.51 $23,950
Auburn-Opelika, AL Not available $8.00 $16,640
Ames, IA Not available $10.87 $22,610
Cedar Rapids, IA Not available $10.87 $22,600
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Not available $11.23 $23,350
La Crosse, WI-MN Not available $10.95 $22,770
Bismarck, ND Not available $9.75 $20,280
Lima, OH Not available $7.80 $16,220
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Not available $10.65 $22,150
Knoxville, TN Not available $9.89 $20,580
Sheboygan, WI Not available $8.96 $18,640
Kokomo, IN Not available $13.95 $29,010
Hattiesburg, MS Not available $9.16 $19,050
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Not available $9.64 $20,050
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Not available $9.75 $20,270
Redding, CA Not available $9.68 $20,140
Elkhart-Goshen, IN Not available $7.08 $14,720
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR Not available $11.18 $23,260
Macon, GA Not available $9.24 $19,220
Dothan, AL Not available $7.69 $15,990
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