High paying transportation jobs in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX run 10.0% below the national average (2024), so a Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX salary is worth about 1.11× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX · Employed

1Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$112,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$64,780 – $158,790230
2Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers$82,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,770 – $105,74090
3Transportation Inspectors$73,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,250 – $87,58050
4Crane and Tower Operators$73,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,450 – $88,420240
5First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$60,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,190 – $90,650670
6Motorboat Operators$60,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,060 – $74,21050
7Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$54,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,130 – $76,5802,100
8Sailors and Marine Oilers$52,000
No formal educational credential
$40,040 – $76,480200
9Wellhead Pumpers$50,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $95,17060
10Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$48,650
No formal educational credential
$33,930 – $60,410250
11Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,710
No formal educational credential
$34,580 – $60,890840
12Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,190 – $45,830130
13Bus Drivers, School$40,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,170 – $59,060410
14Light Truck Drivers$38,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,730 – $83,510790
15Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,660
No formal educational credential
$29,190 – $49,6602,010
16Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,430
No formal educational credential
$24,160 – $47,050140
17Stockers and Order Fillers$35,630
No formal educational credential
$28,450 – $45,5203,080
18Driver/Sales Workers$34,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,000 – $61,030510
19Parking Attendants$31,760
No formal educational credential
$24,200 – $35,35050
20Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$30,680
No formal educational credential
$28,110 – $38,28080
21Packers and Packagers, Hand$28,800
No formal educational credential
$20,020 – $37,320260
22Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$28,120
No formal educational credential
$22,280 – $49,250560

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianBeaumont-Port Arthur, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water VesselsPostsecondary nondegree award	$112,320	$64,780 – $158,790	230
2	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead PumpersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,090	$46,770 – $105,740	90
3	Transportation InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,480	$44,250 – $87,580	50
4	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,050	$45,450 – $88,420	240
5	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,980	$38,190 – $90,650	670
6	Motorboat OperatorsPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,920	$44,060 – $74,210	50
7	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,900	$37,130 – $76,580	2,100
8	Sailors and Marine OilersNo formal educational credential	$52,000	$40,040 – $76,480	200
9	Wellhead PumpersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,770	$31,200 – $95,170	60
10	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$48,650	$33,930 – $60,410	250
11	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,710	$34,580 – $60,890	840
12	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$29,190 – $45,830	130
13	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,580	$22,170 – $59,060	410
14	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,820	$27,730 – $83,510	790
15	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,660	$29,190 – $49,660	2,010
16	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$37,430	$24,160 – $47,050	140
17	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$35,630	$28,450 – $45,520	3,080
18	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,670	$17,000 – $61,030	510
19	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,760	$24,200 – $35,350	50
20	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$30,680	$28,110 – $38,280	80
21	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$28,800	$20,020 – $37,320	260
22	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$28,120	$22,280 – $49,250	560

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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