High paying transportation jobs in Jacksonville, FL with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Jacksonville, FL 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 Jacksonville, FL run 0.5% below the national average (2024), so a Jacksonville, FL salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Jacksonville, FL · Employed

1Air Traffic Controllers$170,120
Associate's degree
$90,910 – $195,960450
2Ship Engineers$130,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$92,030 – $149,810450
3Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$83,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,270 – $131,970670
4Sailors and Marine Oilers$75,530
No formal educational credential
$44,040 – $77,260700
5Crane and Tower Operators$64,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,440 – $94,660340
6First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$61,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,290 – $93,4603,340
7Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$55,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,620 – $78,16013,100
8Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$50,670
No formal educational credential
$38,310 – $66,3504,950
9Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$48,150
No formal educational credential
$36,860 – $59,710760
10Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $61,950590
11Bus Drivers, School$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,830 – $54,8401,680
12Driver/Sales Workers$43,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,100 – $58,5801,840
13Light Truck Drivers$41,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,310 – $65,7805,290
14Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$41,040
No formal educational credential
$31,250 – $49,19017,350
15Stockers and Order Fillers$38,110
No formal educational credential
$31,570 – $57,90015,400
16Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$34,880
No formal educational credential
$29,450 – $45,260500
17Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$34,750
No formal educational credential
$29,640 – $44,220920
18Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$33,500
No formal educational credential
$28,520 – $44,8001,790
19Packers and Packagers, Hand$29,750
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $47,1902,760
20Parking Attendants$29,720
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $38,480750

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

#	Occupation	MedianJacksonville, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Air Traffic ControllersAssociate's degree	$170,120	$90,910 – $195,960	450
2	Ship EngineersPostsecondary nondegree award	$130,600	$92,030 – $149,810	450
3	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water VesselsPostsecondary nondegree award	$83,190	$50,270 – $131,970	670
4	Sailors and Marine OilersNo formal educational credential	$75,530	$44,040 – $77,260	700
5	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,600	$42,440 – $94,660	340
6	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,420	$45,290 – $93,460	3,340
7	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,630	$38,620 – $78,160	13,100
8	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$50,670	$38,310 – $66,350	4,950
9	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$48,150	$36,860 – $59,710	760
10	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$36,980 – $61,950	590
11	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$35,830 – $54,840	1,680
12	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,100	$27,100 – $58,580	1,840
13	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,840	$29,310 – $65,780	5,290
14	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$41,040	$31,250 – $49,190	17,350
15	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$38,110	$31,570 – $57,900	15,400
16	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,880	$29,450 – $45,260	500
17	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$34,750	$29,640 – $44,220	920
18	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$33,500	$28,520 – $44,800	1,790
19	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$29,750	$27,040 – $47,190	2,760
20	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,720	$27,040 – $38,480	750

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