High paying transportation jobs in South Carolina with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in South Carolina 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 South Carolina run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a South Carolina salary is worth about 1.07× 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 South Carolina.

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

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OccupationMedian, South Carolina · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$63,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,690 – $90,9008,300
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$51,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,330 – $77,07034,170
3Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$43,680
No formal educational credential
$35,780 – $56,98014,210
4Bus Drivers, School$39,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,640 – $57,1505,900
5Light Truck Drivers$37,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,500 – $62,87011,950
6Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,530
No formal educational credential
$29,830 – $48,23056,700
7Stockers and Order Fillers$36,020
No formal educational credential
$29,810 – $46,83041,800
8Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$34,880
No formal educational credential
$22,340 – $50,6002,020
9Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,230
No formal educational credential
$22,930 – $42,9705,720
10Packers and Packagers, Hand$32,180
No formal educational credential
$25,870 – $44,0507,610
11Parking Attendants$31,490
No formal educational credential
$18,330 – $37,4001,300
12Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$30,490
No formal educational credential
$22,410 – $49,4902,500
13Driver/Sales Workers$22,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,040 – $48,3806,430

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

#	Occupation	MedianSouth Carolina	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	$63,470	$43,690 – $90,900	8,300
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,130	$39,330 – $77,070	34,170
3	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$43,680	$35,780 – $56,980	14,210
4	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,900	$23,640 – $57,150	5,900
5	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,680	$23,500 – $62,870	11,950
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,530	$29,830 – $48,230	56,700
7	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,020	$29,810 – $46,830	41,800
8	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$34,880	$22,340 – $50,600	2,020
9	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,230	$22,930 – $42,970	5,720
10	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$32,180	$25,870 – $44,050	7,610
11	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,490	$18,330 – $37,400	1,300
12	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$30,490	$22,410 – $49,490	2,500
13	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,240	$17,040 – $48,380	6,430

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