Also called: Transportation Vehicle Inspectors
Transportation Vehicle build quality control analysis, operations monitoring and operation and control skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Locomotive Engineers (85%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locomotive Engineers | 85% | $81,410 | — | None |
| 2 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 81% | $48,570 | — | None |
| 3 | Rail Car Repairers | 80% | $67,530 | — | None |
| 4 | Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | 79% | $61,770 | — | Certificate or associate |
| 5 | Engine and Other Machine Assemblers | 79% | $53,710 | — | None |
| 6 | Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 79% | $46,330 | — | None |
| 7 | Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers | 78% | $61,770 | — | None |
| 8 | Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors | 78% | $49,690 | — | None |
| 9 | Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators | 78% | $77,320 | — | None |
| 10 | Gas Plant Operators | 78% | $87,820 | — | None |
Compared with Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation, median —. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as transportation vehicle (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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85% skill match · $81,410
Operation and Control · Operations Monitoring · Management of Personnel Resources
81% skill match · $48,570
Management of Financial Resources · Management of Material Resources · Programming
80% skill match · $67,530
Installation · Repairing · Equipment Maintenance
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Locomotive Engineers (85% skill match, median $81,410), Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers (81% skill match, median $48,570) and Rail Car Repairers (80% skill match, median $67,530), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
None of the 25 closest matches pays more than transportation vehicle at the national median (BLS May 2025). Higher-paying moves usually need more training.
22 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.