Jobs Similar to Transportation Vehicle
Also called: Transportation Vehicle Inspectors
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to transportation vehicle, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Engine and Other Machine Assemblers, Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic and Pump Operators.
Transportation Vehicle: $92,100 (broader BLS group) · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
79% similar · $53,710 · High school
- 2Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $46,330 · High school
- 3Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
78% similar · $61,770 · High school
- 4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
78% similar · $49,690 · High school
- 5Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
78% similar · $77,320 · High school
- 6Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
78% similar · $74,340 · Training or associate
- 7Gas Plant Operators
78% similar · $87,820 · High school
- 8Continuous Mining Machine Operators
77% similar · $61,810 · High school
- 9Crane and Tower Operators
77% similar · $68,080 · Training or associate
- 10Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
77% similar · $50,140 · High school
- 11Motorcycle Mechanics
77% similar · $48,580 · Training or associate
- 12Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
77% similar · $61,770 · Training or associate
- 13Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
77% similar · $57,550 · Training or associate
- 14Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
77% similar · $102,040 (broader group) · Training or associate
- 15Automotive Body and Related Repairers
77% similar · $54,890 · High school
- 16Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
77% similar · $96,710 · High school
- 17Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
77% similar · $46,460 · High school
- 18Biomass Plant Technicians
77% similar · $102,040 (broader group) · High school
- 19Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
76% similar · $49,880 · High school
- 20Power Plant Operators
76% similar · $102,040 · High school
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for transportation vehicle also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where transportation vehicle is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Locomotive Engineers (82)
- Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors (82)
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers (79)
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators (78)
- Gas Plant Operators (78)
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers (78)
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers (77)
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators (77)
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers (77)
- Biofuels Processing Technicians (76)
Questions about jobs like transportation vehicle
What jobs are most similar to transportation vehicle?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Engine and Other Machine Assemblers (79% similar), Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (79% similar), Pump Operators (78% similar), Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors (78% similar) and Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators (78% similar).
Do jobs like transportation vehicle pay more?
None of the 20 most similar careers has a higher BLS median pay than transportation vehicle where a direct comparison is possible.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.