High paying transportation jobs in Indiana with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Indiana 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 Indiana run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Indiana salary is worth about 1.07× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Indiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Indiana · Employed

1Locomotive Engineers$92,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,830 – $129,0201,030
2Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters$81,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,240 – $96,8201,720
3First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$64,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,210 – $91,64015,250
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,060 – $79,00059,090
5Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$58,900
No formal educational credential
$36,000 – $64,6803,180
6Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$58,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,380 – $62,9702,130
7Crane and Tower Operators$52,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,830 – $87,6402,300
8Bus Drivers, School$48,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,900 – $65,24011,780
9Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,650
No formal educational credential
$37,250 – $61,63023,090
10Light Truck Drivers$44,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,330 – $92,08019,880
11Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$41,340
No formal educational credential
$31,040 – $52,590103,200
12Machine Feeders and Offbearers$37,850
No formal educational credential
$31,270 – $52,0902,800
13Packers and Packagers, Hand$37,420
No formal educational credential
$30,180 – $48,9609,690
14Stockers and Order Fillers$36,250
No formal educational credential
$29,830 – $48,27066,420
15Driver/Sales Workers$36,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,360 – $59,02012,040
16Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,700
No formal educational credential
$28,680 – $44,6603,090
17Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,940
No formal educational credential
$26,980 – $47,9207,520
18Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$32,780
No formal educational credential
$24,020 – $45,0104,810
19Parking Attendants$31,360
No formal educational credential
$23,380 – $41,3601,930

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

#	Occupation	MedianIndiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Locomotive EngineersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,790	$62,830 – $129,020	1,030
2	Railroad Conductors and YardmastersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,260	$64,240 – $96,820	1,720
3	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,700	$44,210 – $91,640	15,250
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,290	$42,060 – $79,000	59,090
5	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$58,900	$36,000 – $64,680	3,180
6	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,410	$45,380 – $62,970	2,130
7	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,950	$38,830 – $87,640	2,300
8	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,020	$22,900 – $65,240	11,780
9	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,650	$37,250 – $61,630	23,090
10	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,560	$29,330 – $92,080	19,880
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$41,340	$31,040 – $52,590	103,200
12	Machine Feeders and OffbearersNo formal educational credential	$37,850	$31,270 – $52,090	2,800
13	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,420	$30,180 – $48,960	9,690
14	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,250	$29,830 – $48,270	66,420
15	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,250	$21,360 – $59,020	12,040
16	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,700	$28,680 – $44,660	3,090
17	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,940	$26,980 – $47,920	7,520
18	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$32,780	$24,020 – $45,010	4,810
19	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,360	$23,380 – $41,360	1,930

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Indiana. 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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