High paying transportation jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL run 10.9% below the national average (2024), so a Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL · Employed

1Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$75,440
No formal educational credential
$49,850 – $75,440750
2Crane and Tower Operators$69,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,990 – $119,090110
3First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$63,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,040 – $91,610860
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,620 – $74,5003,070
5Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$57,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,630 – $62,04070
6Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$51,850
No formal educational credential
$37,780 – $59,290850
7Driver/Sales Workers$46,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,750 – $73,610580
8Bus Drivers, School$46,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,320 – $55,680490
9Light Truck Drivers$46,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $91,8301,180
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$42,980
No formal educational credential
$32,960 – $56,6704,370
11Stockers and Order Fillers$36,720
No formal educational credential
$30,100 – $49,3303,280
12Packers and Packagers, Hand$35,020
No formal educational credential
$31,410 – $44,120650
13Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,990
No formal educational credential
$29,650 – $42,780580
14Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$31,440
No formal educational credential
$27,160 – $38,210320
15Parking Attendants$31,200
No formal educational credential
$25,610 – $38,310140
16Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$31,200
No formal educational credential
$29,050 – $44,08060

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

#	Occupation	MedianDavenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$75,440	$49,850 – $75,440	750
2	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,270	$38,990 – $119,090	110
3	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,430	$44,040 – $91,610	860
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,280	$40,620 – $74,500	3,070
5	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,500	$38,630 – $62,040	70
6	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$51,850	$37,780 – $59,290	850
7	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,940	$27,750 – $73,610	580
8	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,720	$43,320 – $55,680	490
9	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,200	$31,200 – $91,830	1,180
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$42,980	$32,960 – $56,670	4,370
11	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,720	$30,100 – $49,330	3,280
12	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$35,020	$31,410 – $44,120	650
13	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,990	$29,650 – $42,780	580
14	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$31,440	$27,160 – $38,210	320
15	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$25,610 – $38,310	140
16	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$29,050 – $44,080	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. 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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