High paying transportation jobs in Pennsylvania with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania run 2.4% below the national average (2024), so a Pennsylvania salary is worth about 1.02× 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 Pennsylvania.

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

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OccupationMedian, Pennsylvania · Employed

1Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters$83,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,990 – $83,8702,750
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$61,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,930 – $88,63023,690
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,560 – $78,33087,550
4Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$51,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,860 – $76,5604,710
5Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$48,240
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $66,6606,220
6Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$47,730
No formal educational credential
$38,160 – $62,51042,110
7Bus Drivers, School$47,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $60,66023,670
8Light Truck Drivers$44,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,560 – $82,17042,380
9Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$42,480
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $56,280131,050
10Flight Attendants$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $65,3702,290
11Driver/Sales Workers$37,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,520 – $59,59015,100
12Packers and Packagers, Hand$36,960
No formal educational credential
$28,870 – $48,19022,990
13Stockers and Order Fillers$36,640
No formal educational credential
$28,040 – $48,530119,840
14Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,650
No formal educational credential
$25,420 – $46,93011,710
15Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$34,230
No formal educational credential
$24,000 – $44,78014,410
16Parking Attendants$31,100
No formal educational credential
$22,820 – $42,4904,930

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

#	Occupation	MedianPennsylvania	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Railroad Conductors and YardmastersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,610	$58,990 – $83,870	2,750
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,460	$40,930 – $88,630	23,690
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,580	$43,560 – $78,330	87,550
4	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,360	$37,860 – $76,560	4,710
5	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$48,240	$31,200 – $66,660	6,220
6	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$47,730	$38,160 – $62,510	42,110
7	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,530	$34,950 – $60,660	23,670
8	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,120	$27,560 – $82,170	42,380
9	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$42,480	$32,240 – $56,280	131,050
10	Flight AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$25,960 – $65,370	2,290
11	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,330	$18,520 – $59,590	15,100
12	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,960	$28,870 – $48,190	22,990
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,640	$28,040 – $48,530	119,840
14	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,650	$25,420 – $46,930	11,710
15	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$34,230	$24,000 – $44,780	14,410
16	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,100	$22,820 – $42,490	4,930

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