11 Fastest Growing Blue Collar Jobs

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2. Commercial Drivers

Projected growth: 36.9 percent

Average Salary: 39,520 (truck drivers); 30,220 (bus drivers)

Truck and bus drivers belong to the category of commercial drivers. Both professions carry certain challenges. While truck drivers stay on the road for weeks, bus drivers have more conventional working hours but face a greater risk of work-related injuries and illnesses than the national average. This, along with low salary might be one of the reasons which put people off these occupations.

HuffingtonPost published the chart which illustrates how the growth of truck drivers’ salaries did not keep up with the inflation rate in the period between 2000 and 2013 which caused a shortfall in the occupation. Although high demand for this profile forced companies to raise wages, income increase has not yet given desired results. At the same time, 94 percent of school districts experienced some degree of shortage of school bus drivers mainly because of high prerequisites for entering the profession.

Biggest Trucking Companies In the World 11 Fastest Growing Blue Collar Jobs

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