High paying transportation jobs in New Jersey with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in New Jersey 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 New Jersey run 8.8% above the national average (2024), so a New Jersey salary is worth about 0.92× 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 New Jersey.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Jersey · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$67,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,230 – $98,51025,110
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$63,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,950 – $90,31047,980
3Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$61,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,340 – $70,7006,420
4Bus Drivers, School$59,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,640 – $71,52013,670
5Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$54,630
No formal educational credential
$37,590 – $71,2304,330
6Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$50,680
No formal educational credential
$34,590 – $132,6701,790
7Light Truck Drivers$46,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,750 – $71,07033,900
8Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,100
No formal educational credential
$36,680 – $65,82021,790
9Driver/Sales Workers$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $60,3609,720
10Packers and Packagers, Hand$43,840
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $47,31071,260
11Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$39,540
No formal educational credential
$33,350 – $55,94097,230
12Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$39,470
No formal educational credential
$32,750 – $60,1009,330
13Stockers and Order Fillers$37,250
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $53,88064,070
14Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$37,090
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $46,4409,930
15Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,350
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $44,84011,050
16Parking Attendants$35,100
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $42,2905,110

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Jersey	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	$67,980	$46,230 – $98,510	25,110
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,570	$47,950 – $90,310	47,980
3	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,140	$48,340 – $70,700	6,420
4	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,430	$46,640 – $71,520	13,670
5	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$54,630	$37,590 – $71,230	4,330
6	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$50,680	$34,590 – $132,670	1,790
7	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,820	$34,750 – $71,070	33,900
8	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,100	$36,680 – $65,820	21,790
9	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$32,220 – $60,360	9,720
10	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$43,840	$32,220 – $47,310	71,260
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$39,540	$33,350 – $55,940	97,230
12	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$39,470	$32,750 – $60,100	9,330
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,250	$32,220 – $53,880	64,070
14	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$37,090	$32,220 – $46,440	9,930
15	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,350	$32,220 – $44,840	11,050
16	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,100	$32,220 – $42,290	5,110

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