# Motor Vehicle Operators

> SOC minor group 53-3000 within Transportation and Material Moving Occupations — 9 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 53-3000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/motor-vehicle-operators
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 4,328,760.
- **Median wage:** $37,130.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 5.1%.
- **Annual openings:** 562.4.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 36th percentile (Moderate) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3032-00) — $57,440; 0th percentile overlap
- Light Truck Drivers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3033-00) — $44,140; 0th percentile overlap
- Driver/Sales Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3031-00) — $37,130; 0th percentile overlap
- Bus Drivers, School (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3051-00) — $47,040; 0th percentile overlap
- Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3053-00) — $36,670; 0th percentile overlap
- Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3052-00) — $57,440; 0th percentile overlap
- Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3099-00) — $36,260
- Taxi Drivers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3054-00) — $36,220; 0th percentile overlap
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3011-00) — $34,330; 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/motor-vehicle-operators_