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    Taxi Drivers

    Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on an unplanned basis and charge a fare, usually based on a meter.

    Median pay
    $42,100
    Growth
    +11.5%
    Much faster than average
    Openings a year
    20,400
    Typical education
    No formal credential

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $34,650
    Median
    $42,100
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $75,800
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    41,050 people work in this occupation.

    What taxi drivers do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on an unplanned basis and charge a fare, usually based on a meter.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    79 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    2 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    0 / 100
    Social (S)
    30 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    25 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    63 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

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    Skills and strengths

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Integrity
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Cautiousness
    • Self-Control
    • Cooperation
    • Social Orientation
    • Adaptability
    • Perseverance
    • Attention to Detail

    Also called

    Bicycle Taxi Driver · Cab Driver · Driver · Hack Driver · Hacker · Limo Driver (Limousine Driver) · Lyft Driver · Pedicab Driver · Rickshaw Driver · Rideshare Cab Driver

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    Certifications, licenses and pay by state

    What taxi drivers may need beyond a degree, where a license is required, and what the work pays in each state.

    Licenses by state

    11 states list a license for this work. Open your state for the license and the agency that issues it.

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    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.