High paying transportation jobs in Maryland with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Maryland 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 Maryland run 5.0% above the national average (2024), so a Maryland salary is worth about 0.95× 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 Maryland.

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

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OccupationMedian, Maryland · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$74,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,970 – $104,21011,990
2Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$65,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,770 – $92,3204,890
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$59,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,670 – $79,13029,150
4Bus Drivers, School$56,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,280 – $63,9509,020
5Light Truck Drivers$48,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,710 – $80,70018,420
6Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,630
No formal educational credential
$39,320 – $61,04013,740
7Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$41,870
No formal educational credential
$35,900 – $61,2103,120
8Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$41,600
No formal educational credential
$34,280 – $55,71047,710
9Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$39,750
No formal educational credential
$34,060 – $57,2705,480
10Driver/Sales Workers$38,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,770 – $58,52011,940
11Stockers and Order Fillers$37,690
No formal educational credential
$31,770 – $48,91034,980
12Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$37,580
No formal educational credential
$31,230 – $64,8901,060
13Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$36,390
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $56,1306,010
14Packers and Packagers, Hand$35,860
No formal educational credential
$31,390 – $47,3404,230
15Parking Attendants$35,210
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $46,9601,530
16Passenger Attendants$33,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,490 – $37,530950

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

#	Occupation	MedianMaryland	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,070	$46,970 – $104,210	11,990
2	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,220	$46,770 – $92,320	4,890
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,360	$43,670 – $79,130	29,150
4	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,450	$38,280 – $63,950	9,020
5	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,150	$33,710 – $80,700	18,420
6	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,630	$39,320 – $61,040	13,740
7	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$41,870	$35,900 – $61,210	3,120
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$41,600	$34,280 – $55,710	47,710
9	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$39,750	$34,060 – $57,270	5,480
10	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,500	$31,770 – $58,520	11,940
11	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,690	$31,770 – $48,910	34,980
12	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,580	$31,230 – $64,890	1,060
13	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$36,390	$31,200 – $56,130	6,010
14	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$35,860	$31,390 – $47,340	4,230
15	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,210	$31,200 – $46,960	1,530
16	Passenger AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,350	$32,490 – $37,530	950

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