High paying transportation jobs in Alabama with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Alabama that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Alabama run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Alabama salary is worth about 1.13× 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 Alabama.

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

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OccupationMedian, Alabama · Employed

1Transportation Inspectors$108,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,150 – $112,530670
2Commercial Pilots$101,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$57,030 – $163,100780
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$52,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,240 – $77,62036,650
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$46,240
No formal educational credential
$29,500 – $61,0002,790
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$44,880
No formal educational credential
$33,290 – $60,75015,360
6Driver/Sales Workers$39,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,310 – $61,1004,310
7Machine Feeders and Offbearers$38,810
No formal educational credential
$29,310 – $50,1102,160
8Light Truck Drivers$38,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,100 – $78,24013,980
9Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$37,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $46,680960
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,670
No formal educational credential
$26,850 – $47,91036,140
11Stockers and Order Fillers$34,290
No formal educational credential
$27,750 – $47,42046,580
12Packers and Packagers, Hand$31,770
No formal educational credential
$23,390 – $43,4107,050
13Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$30,960
No formal educational credential
$23,350 – $44,2301,850
14Parking Attendants$30,350
No formal educational credential
$18,480 – $35,2501,110
15Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$29,360
No formal educational credential
$23,580 – $41,6006,440
16Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$29,180
No formal educational credential
$23,900 – $37,4402,150
17Bus Drivers, School$17,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,560 – $21,58010,410

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlabama	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Transportation InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$108,140	$69,150 – $112,530	670
2	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$101,420	$57,030 – $163,100	780
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,120	$38,240 – $77,620	36,650
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$46,240	$29,500 – $61,000	2,790
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$44,880	$33,290 – $60,750	15,360
6	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,190	$24,310 – $61,100	4,310
7	Machine Feeders and OffbearersNo formal educational credential	$38,810	$29,310 – $50,110	2,160
8	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,490	$27,100 – $78,240	13,980
9	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,700	$29,640 – $46,680	960
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,670	$26,850 – $47,910	36,140
11	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$34,290	$27,750 – $47,420	46,580
12	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$31,770	$23,390 – $43,410	7,050
13	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$30,960	$23,350 – $44,230	1,850
14	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$30,350	$18,480 – $35,250	1,110
15	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$29,360	$23,580 – $41,600	6,440
16	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,180	$23,900 – $37,440	2,150
17	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$17,630	$16,560 – $21,580	10,410

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