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Taxi Drivers & Chauffeurs

SOC 53-3054

Drive passengers where they need to go, often on your own schedule.

The job
Median pay
$42k
$38k to $61k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+12% projected
Openings a year
20k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
10/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
53rd pct
More exposed than 53% of occupations · modeled estimate · 56th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
51/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California3,8800.20.8×$39k
Nevada2,9801.97.3×$45k
New York1,9240.20.8×$42k~
Ohio1,5880.31.1×$41k~
New Jersey1,3630.31.2×$42k~
Tennessee1,1080.31.3×$40k~
Indiana1,0790.31.3×$42k~
Arizona9500.31.1×$36k
Washington8970.31.0×$48k~
Wisconsin8800.31.1×$28k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Florida8600.10.3×$28k
Massachusetts7020.20.7×$35k~
Alabama6240.31.1×$36k~
South Carolina6190.31.0×$37k~
Louisiana5610.31.1×$37k~
Oklahoma4680.31.0×$36k~
Texas4600.00.1×$49k
Iowa4400.31.1×$44k~
Arkansas4030.31.2×$37k~
Connecticut3880.20.9×$42k~
Mississippi3680.31.2×$36k~
Nebraska2750.31.0×$42k~
Oregon2400.10.5×$37k
Idaho2190.31.0×$42k~
Pennsylvania2100.00.1×$35k
Missouri2000.10.3×$38k
New Mexico1940.20.8×$39k~
Illinois1900.00.1×$37k
Virginia1900.00.2×$28k
West Virginia1800.31.0×$35k~
Hawaii1510.20.9×$46k~
Kentucky1500.10.3×$34k
Minnesota1500.10.2×$36k
North Dakota1290.31.1×$47k~
Delaware1280.31.0×$44k~
Georgia1200.00.1×$33k
North Carolina1200.00.1×$37k
South Dakota1190.31.0×$38k~
Montana1180.20.9×$43k~
Utah1100.10.2×$36k
Rhode Island940.20.7×$43k~
Alaska920.31.1×$48k~
Michigan900.00.1×$37k
New Hampshire800.10.4×$42k
Wyoming770.31.0×$45k~
Vermont630.20.8×$43k~
Colorado600.00.1×$43k
Kansas600.00.2×$27k
Washington DC550.10.3×$47k~
Maine500.10.3×$37k
Maryland500.00.1×$37k

Top metro areas

  1. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV2,960 jobs · $45k median
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH230 jobs · $35k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN150 jobs · $37k median
  4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD150 jobs · $37k median
  5. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI140 jobs · $29k median
  6. Kansas City, MO-KS130 jobs · $38k median
  7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI100 jobs · $35k median
  8. La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN70 jobs · $28k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.