High paying transportation jobs in Minnesota with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Minnesota 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 Minnesota run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Minnesota 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Minnesota.

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

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OccupationMedian, Minnesota · Employed

1Locomotive Engineers$93,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,780 – $93,830990
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$68,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,580 – $99,5709,410
3Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$62,570
No formal educational credential
$47,260 – $71,4502,500
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$61,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,910 – $81,83038,770
5Flight Attendants$61,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,010 – $96,7104,050
6Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$50,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,430 – $62,4802,610
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$49,740
No formal educational credential
$39,940 – $73,8707,110
8Bus Drivers, School$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,580 – $62,17013,110
9Light Truck Drivers$48,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,490 – $90,34017,360
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$46,280
No formal educational credential
$35,750 – $61,14054,480
11Packers and Packagers, Hand$40,310
No formal educational credential
$29,590 – $50,9305,460
12Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$39,810
No formal educational credential
$30,660 – $56,8506,500
13Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$37,580
No formal educational credential
$30,950 – $47,6904,460
14Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$37,470
No formal educational credential
$28,830 – $45,0001,230
15Stockers and Order Fillers$37,120
No formal educational credential
$30,460 – $49,26040,270
16Parking Attendants$35,250
No formal educational credential
$27,150 – $45,8301,470
17Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$34,670
No formal educational credential
$27,500 – $46,6001,190
18Driver/Sales Workers$32,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,850 – $63,0409,750

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

#	Occupation	MedianMinnesota	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Locomotive EngineersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$93,700	$79,780 – $93,830	990
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,430	$48,580 – $99,570	9,410
3	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$62,570	$47,260 – $71,450	2,500
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,990	$45,910 – $81,830	38,770
5	Flight AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,230	$30,010 – $96,710	4,050
6	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,200	$43,430 – $62,480	2,610
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$49,740	$39,940 – $73,870	7,110
8	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$36,580 – $62,170	13,110
9	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,880	$31,490 – $90,340	17,360
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$46,280	$35,750 – $61,140	54,480
11	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$40,310	$29,590 – $50,930	5,460
12	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$39,810	$30,660 – $56,850	6,500
13	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$37,580	$30,950 – $47,690	4,460
14	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,470	$28,830 – $45,000	1,230
15	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,120	$30,460 – $49,260	40,270
16	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,250	$27,150 – $45,830	1,470
17	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$34,670	$27,500 – $46,600	1,190
18	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,980	$23,850 – $63,040	9,750

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