High paying transportation jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$127,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$69,780 – $292,3303,440
2Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$78,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,230 – $144,9801,710
3First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $95,03011,080
4Airfield Operations Specialists$58,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,490 – $77,2901,530
5Sailors and Marine Oilers$57,870
No formal educational credential
$34,920 – $79,2001,150
6Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$51,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,270 – $75,14029,060
7Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$49,770
No formal educational credential
$35,350 – $65,7403,370
8Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$48,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,320 – $72,6203,620
9Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$47,810
No formal educational credential
$37,240 – $73,3009,290
10Flight Attendants$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,790 – $90,2608,100
11Bus Drivers, School$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,200 – $54,4702,810
12Light Truck Drivers$42,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,450 – $61,58020,000
13Aircraft Service Attendants$41,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,970 – $65,3501,040
14Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,580
No formal educational credential
$30,670 – $48,89048,860
15Driver/Sales Workers$36,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $58,4606,530
16Stockers and Order Fillers$36,110
No formal educational credential
$29,400 – $49,35045,270
17Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,950
No formal educational credential
$28,870 – $55,3301,050
18Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$34,610
No formal educational credential
$27,330 – $42,8906,620
19Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,310
No formal educational credential
$28,760 – $46,1006,880
20Passenger Attendants$31,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,010 – $44,220990
21Parking Attendants$29,650
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $38,8208,550
22Packers and Packagers, Hand$27,970
No formal educational credential
$27,430 – $39,90011,200

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$127,360	$69,780 – $292,330	3,440
2	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water VesselsPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,280	$36,230 – $144,980	1,710
3	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$39,520 – $95,030	11,080
4	Airfield Operations SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,630	$37,490 – $77,290	1,530
5	Sailors and Marine OilersNo formal educational credential	$57,870	$34,920 – $79,200	1,150
6	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,580	$38,270 – $75,140	29,060
7	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$49,770	$35,350 – $65,740	3,370
8	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,300	$40,320 – $72,620	3,620
9	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$47,810	$37,240 – $73,300	9,290
10	Flight AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$27,790 – $90,260	8,100
11	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$33,200 – $54,470	2,810
12	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,750	$31,450 – $61,580	20,000
13	Aircraft Service AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,910	$31,970 – $65,350	1,040
14	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$38,580	$30,670 – $48,890	48,860
15	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,850	$27,040 – $58,460	6,530
16	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,110	$29,400 – $49,350	45,270
17	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,950	$28,870 – $55,330	1,050
18	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$34,610	$27,330 – $42,890	6,620
19	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,310	$28,760 – $46,100	6,880
20	Passenger AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,750	$28,010 – $44,220	990
21	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,650	$27,040 – $38,820	8,550
22	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$27,970	$27,430 – $39,900	11,200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, 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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