Median Annual Wage: $43,430
Education: Bachelor's degree (74%); Some college, no degree (10%); High school diploma or equivalent (8%)
Projected Growth: Average (8% to 14%)
Related Job Titles: Engineering Technician; Traffic Technician; Transportation Technician; Traffic Signal Technician (TST); Field Traffic Investigator; Traffic Control Technician; Traffic Investigator; Transportation Planning Technician; Traffic Analyst; Traffic Engineering Technician
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Traffic Technicians.
More Transportation and Material Moving Careers
- Interact with the public to answer traffic-related questions, respond to complaints or requests, or discuss traffic control ordinances, plans, policies, or procedures.
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Traffic Technicians.
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Traffic Technicians.
