High paying transportation jobs in Massachusetts with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts.

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

Find transportation jobs in Massachusetts

OccupationMedian, Massachusetts · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$65,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,960 – $100,40010,660
2Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$65,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,380 – $93,5003,970
3Bus Drivers, School$65,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,530 – $71,9809,330
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$63,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,080 – $78,48030,890
5Flight Attendants$61,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,730 – $99,3904,390
6Light Truck Drivers$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,700 – $75,34023,350
7Driver/Sales Workers$46,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,890 – $67,1403,830
8Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,850
No formal educational credential
$39,850 – $57,4108,390
9Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$44,920
No formal educational credential
$36,470 – $58,27034,700
10Aircraft Service Attendants$44,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,130 – $58,2601,490
11Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$43,590
No formal educational credential
$35,830 – $55,93012,620
12Passenger Attendants$43,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,200 – $45,3101,330
13Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$38,630
No formal educational credential
$32,830 – $48,5505,100
14Stockers and Order Fillers$37,540
No formal educational credential
$33,380 – $48,61049,760
15Parking Attendants$37,360
No formal educational credential
$33,900 – $44,6703,330
16Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$36,540
No formal educational credential
$33,090 – $50,7201,210
17Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,680
No formal educational credential
$32,780 – $48,7601,850
18Packers and Packagers, Hand$34,200
No formal educational credential
$31,270 – $44,01015,330

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

#	Occupation	MedianMassachusetts	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	$65,570	$45,960 – $100,400	10,660
2	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,460	$50,380 – $93,500	3,970
3	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,170	$44,530 – $71,980	9,330
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,030	$47,080 – $78,480	30,890
5	Flight AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,510	$31,730 – $99,390	4,390
6	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$34,700 – $75,340	23,350
7	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,870	$33,890 – $67,140	3,830
8	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,850	$39,850 – $57,410	8,390
9	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$44,920	$36,470 – $58,270	34,700
10	Aircraft Service AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,190	$40,130 – $58,260	1,490
11	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$43,590	$35,830 – $55,930	12,620
12	Passenger AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,350	$35,200 – $45,310	1,330
13	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$38,630	$32,830 – $48,550	5,100
14	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,540	$33,380 – $48,610	49,760
15	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,360	$33,900 – $44,670	3,330
16	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$36,540	$33,090 – $50,720	1,210
17	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,680	$32,780 – $48,760	1,850
18	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$34,200	$31,270 – $44,010	15,330

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

More for Massachusetts

Metro areas in Massachusetts

Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

By field in Massachusetts

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Massachusetts to rank honestly.

High paying transportation jobs in Massachusetts with no degree

More for Massachusetts

Metro areas in Massachusetts

By field in Massachusetts

Without a degree

High paying transportation jobs in each state with no degree