Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other Salary — Seattle, Washington

The average Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Seattle, Washington earns $60,820 a year.

$60,820 / year, mean
↑ 42.5% above national average 100th percentile in Washington

Seattle sits at the very top of the range for this role in Washington — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for motor vehicle operators, all other than the U.S. average. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Washington

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
160
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.9%
Cost of living 111 #7 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2245 #169 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $750,279 #12 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $112,594 #5 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Seattle ranks #7 for cost of living and #12 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Atlantic City $69,100 Vallejo $65,800 Salinas $62,820 Seattle $60,820 San Francisco $60,150 Stockton $59,980 Chicago $59,660 Chambersburg $58,170 Crestview $57,060 New York $55,130 San Jose $53,340 Bakersfield $53,070 Watertown $52,120 San Diego $51,970 Los Angeles $50,700 Santa Rosa $47,310 Sacramento $47,190 Ann Arbor $46,880 Riverside $46,590 Fresno $45,630 York $45,210 Visalia $45,040 Philadelphia $44,830 Kiryas Joel $44,700 Virginia Beach $44,430 Killeen $44,100 San Antonio $43,850 Oxnard $43,470 Gainesville $42,800 Trenton $42,580 Utica $41,970 Brownsville $41,880 Palm Bay $41,300 Austin $41,120 Portland $41,020 El Paso $40,330 Dallas $40,240 Baltimore $40,200 Salem $39,960 Lakeland $39,860 Louisville $39,800 Syracuse $39,640 McAllen $39,580 Ocala $39,560 Tampa $39,510 Orlando $39,200 Richmond $39,060 Dover $38,960 Jacksonville $38,930 Miami $38,870 Rochester $38,850 Buffalo $38,600 Lubbock $38,500 Pittsburgh $38,390 Houston $38,300 Deltona $38,270 Peoria $38,000 Fort Myers $37,980 Medford $37,910 Scranton $37,640 Bend $37,620 Fort Wayne $37,560 Albany $37,400 Sarasota $36,910 Corpus Christi $36,830 Tallahassee $36,390 Saginaw $36,350 Port St. Lucie $35,880 Detroit $35,470 Binghamton $35,340 Eugene $35,320 Evansville $35,110 Harrisburg $34,620 Pensacola $34,190 Allentown $33,610 Lexington $32,850 Grand Rapids $32,510 Lansing $32,200 Flint $31,610 Indianapolis $31,010 Lancaster $30,780 Bay City $29,340 Paducah $21,990
CityMean salaryvs. Seattle
Albany, New York$37,400-38.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$33,610-44.7%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$46,880-22.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$69,100+13.6%
Austin, Texas$41,120-32.4%
Bakersfield, California$53,070-12.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$40,200-33.9%
Bay City, Michigan$29,340-51.8%
Bend, Oregon$37,620-38.1%
Binghamton, New York$35,340-41.9%
Brownsville, Texas$41,880-31.1%
Buffalo, New York$38,600-36.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$37,980-37.6%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$58,170-4.4%
Chicago, Illinois$59,660-1.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$36,830-39.4%
Crestview, Florida$57,060-6.2%
Dallas, Texas$40,240-33.8%
Deltona, Florida$38,270-37.1%
Detroit, Michigan$35,470-41.7%
Dover, Delaware$38,960-35.9%
El Paso, Texas$40,330-33.7%
Eugene, Oregon$35,320-41.9%
Evansville, Indiana$35,110-42.3%
Flint, Michigan$31,610-48.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$37,560-38.2%
Fresno, California$45,630-25.0%
Gainesville, Florida$42,800-29.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$32,510-46.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$34,620-43.1%
Houston, Texas$38,300-37.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$31,010-49.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$38,930-36.0%
Killeen, Texas$44,100-27.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$44,700-26.5%
Lakeland, Florida$39,860-34.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$30,780-49.4%
Lansing, Michigan$32,200-47.1%
Lexington, Kentucky$32,850-46.0%
Los Angeles, California$50,700-16.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$39,800-34.6%
Lubbock, Texas$38,500-36.7%
McAllen, Texas$39,580-34.9%
Medford, Oregon$37,910-37.7%
Miami, Florida$38,870-36.1%
New York, New York$55,130-9.4%
Sarasota, Florida$36,910-39.3%
Ocala, Florida$39,560-35.0%
Orlando, Florida$39,200-35.5%
Oxnard, California$43,470-28.5%
Paducah, Kentucky$21,990-63.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$41,300-32.1%
Pensacola, Florida$34,190-43.8%
Peoria, Illinois$38,000-37.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$44,830-26.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$38,390-36.9%
Portland, Oregon$41,020-32.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$35,880-41.0%
Richmond, Virginia$39,060-35.8%
Riverside, California$46,590-23.4%
Rochester, New York$38,850-36.1%
Sacramento, California$47,190-22.4%
Saginaw, Michigan$36,350-40.2%
Salem, Oregon$39,960-34.3%
Salinas, California$62,820+3.3%
San Antonio, Texas$43,850-27.9%
San Diego, California$51,970-14.6%
San Francisco, California$60,150-1.1%
San Jose, California$53,340-12.3%
Santa Rosa, California$47,310-22.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$37,640-38.1%
Stockton, California$59,980-1.4%
Syracuse, New York$39,640-34.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$36,390-40.2%
Tampa, Florida$39,510-35.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$42,580-30.0%
Utica, New York$41,970-31.0%
Vallejo, California$65,800+8.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$44,430-26.9%
Visalia, California$45,040-25.9%
Watertown, New York$52,120-14.3%
York, Pennsylvania$45,210-25.7%
Gross salary
60,820/yr
Estimated take-home
51,049/yr
Est. total withheld
16.1%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Washington has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 53-3099 SOC code
Official area Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 42660 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
TacomaBellevue
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Washington

Population (metro area)
4,021,467