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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.
  • Summary

  • Details

  • Work Activities

      Skills

      Abilities

      Knowledge

      Education

      Education
      No formal educational credential
      Work Experience
      No work experience
      Training
      Less than 1 month on-the-job training

      Pay

      U.S. Annual Salary
      36220/yr
      U.S. Hourly Wage
      17.42/hr

      Washington Employment Trends

      Currently Employed
      193,800
      Yearly Projected Openings
      20000

      Personality

      Realistic: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They do well at jobs that need:

        Tools

        • Alarm systems
        • Automobiles or cars
        • Distance meters
        • Global positioning system GPS receiver
        • Instant messaging platform
        • Lifts
        • Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
        • Location based messaging service platforms
        • Magnetic stripe readers and encoders
        • Minivans or vans
        • Mobile phones
        • Notebook computers
        • Point of sale POS receipt printers
        • Point of sale POS terminal
        • Security cameras
        • Surveillance video or audio recorders
        • Tablet computers
        • Thin client computers
        • Two way radios

        Technology

        • Data base user interface and query software
        • Mobile location based services software
        • Office suite software
        • Operating system software
        • Spreadsheet software
        • Web page creation and editing software