High paying transportation jobs in Utah with no degree

The best paid transportation occupations in Utah 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 Utah run 1.1% below the national average (2024), so a Utah 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 Utah.

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

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OccupationMedian, Utah · Employed

1Flight Attendants$82,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,830 – $133,2302,490
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$62,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,530 – $95,2006,830
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,620
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,320 – $76,36025,060
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$59,310
No formal educational credential
$42,990 – $72,930960
5Subway and Streetcar Operators$58,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,560 – $61,020970
6Bus Drivers, School$52,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $69,1101,920
7Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$50,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $60,2501,230
8Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$49,040
No formal educational credential
$38,270 – $65,7606,830
9Light Truck Drivers$45,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,970 – $64,6709,930
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$42,370
No formal educational credential
$33,360 – $54,79029,670
11Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,890
No formal educational credential
$29,190 – $53,1501,060
12Stockers and Order Fillers$37,690
No formal educational credential
$30,040 – $48,67026,730
13Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$37,000
No formal educational credential
$26,280 – $48,340890
14Packers and Packagers, Hand$36,060
No formal educational credential
$22,880 – $46,2405,740
15Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,900
No formal educational credential
$28,450 – $45,0904,580
16Parking Attendants$34,630
No formal educational credential
$29,320 – $42,540710
17Driver/Sales Workers$26,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,390 – $57,1503,050

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

#	Occupation	MedianUtah	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Flight AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,730	$49,830 – $133,230	2,490
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,600	$43,530 – $95,200	6,830
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,620	$44,320 – $76,360	25,060
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$59,310	$42,990 – $72,930	960
5	Subway and Streetcar OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,620	$53,560 – $61,020	970
6	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,890	$37,010 – $69,110	1,920
7	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,730	$41,600 – $60,250	1,230
8	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$49,040	$38,270 – $65,760	6,830
9	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,860	$33,970 – $64,670	9,930
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$42,370	$33,360 – $54,790	29,670
11	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$37,890	$29,190 – $53,150	1,060
12	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,690	$30,040 – $48,670	26,730
13	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,000	$26,280 – $48,340	890
14	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,060	$22,880 – $46,240	5,740
15	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,900	$28,450 – $45,090	4,580
16	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,630	$29,320 – $42,540	710
17	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,590	$20,390 – $57,150	3,050

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