ISCO 83 · ÖNACE H

Land transport & drivers

Plant, machine operators & assemblers · H49 · ÖNACE H Sector

AI impact

3/10

Employees

158,300

Median gross annual earnings

€36,699

~€3,058 / month (estimated)

Education

Compulsory school

Supplementary Structure of Earnings Survey (VSE 2022)

Statistik Austria earnings survey — gross hourly medians for ISCO-08 83 (full-time, all genders). “Employees”: LFS/Mikrozensus (ISCO) with NACE weighting; pay: VSE sample — different survey bases.

Gross hourly median

€15.08

Quartiles (Q25–Q75)

€12.33 – €18.14

Estimated annual gross (×2,080 hours, excl. 13th/14th month salary)

€31,366

VSE sample size

124,576

Classification

ISCO major group

Plant, machine operators & assemblers

Sector context

H49 · ÖNACE H

AI impact rationale

Driving, loading, and route execution are physically and spatially bound. Digital components: telematics, fleet management systems, electronic freight documents. Autonomous driving technology is progressing (SAE Level 4) but regulatory approval and infrastructure readiness limit near-term deployment.

Source, methodology, and reproducibility

Employment: Eurostat lfsa_egai2d (2024) · ISCO-08 83 · 158,300 employed
Survey: LFS/Mikrozensus AKE
NACE weight: 100.0% · nama_10_a64_e · NACE H49
Pay: VSE 2022 · ISCO-08 83 · €15.08/h median × 2080h × 1.17
Formula: hourly median × 2,080 h × 1.17 (13th/14th salary)
Pipeline: generate-occupations.ts · deterministic · OGD · 99 hypothesis-driven verification tests

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