High paying transportation jobs in Anchorage, AK with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Anchorage, AK 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 Anchorage, AK run 5.4% above the national average (2024), so a Anchorage, AK salary is worth about 0.95× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Anchorage, AK · Employed

1Air Traffic Controllers$160,970
Associate's degree
$86,570 – $213,530280
2Transportation Inspectors$131,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$95,320 – $168,960110
3Commercial Pilots$99,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$58,570 – $163,530590
4Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers$75,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,220 – $97,37060
5Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$74,710
No formal educational credential
$30,580 – $83,68070
6Sailors and Marine Oilers$73,320
No formal educational credential
$43,360 – $101,20080
7Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$66,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,650 – $88,8801,620
8Airfield Operations Specialists$65,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,670 – $90,92090
9Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$63,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,200 – $75,000150
10Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$58,910
No formal educational credential
$37,650 – $65,940230
11Light Truck Drivers$57,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,440 – $82,8201,400
12Bus Drivers, School$52,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,420 – $54,750440
13Driver/Sales Workers$48,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,010 – $62,240950
14Aircraft Service Attendants$46,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,920 – $59,060270
15Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$44,510
No formal educational credential
$37,240 – $75,0702,620
16Packers and Packagers, Hand$41,690
No formal educational credential
$25,710 – $59,730340
17Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$41,590
No formal educational credential
$35,360 – $58,990190
18Stockers and Order Fillers$40,310
No formal educational credential
$35,720 – $55,2304,070
19Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$40,210
No formal educational credential
$35,850 – $57,650400
20Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,130
No formal educational credential
$28,980 – $49,470460
21Parking Attendants$36,320
No formal educational credential
$30,680 – $44,68070
22Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$36,030
No formal educational credential
$31,620 – $80,310110

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

#	Occupation	MedianAnchorage, AK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Air Traffic ControllersAssociate's degree	$160,970	$86,570 – $213,530	280
2	Transportation InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$131,060	$95,320 – $168,960	110
3	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$99,920	$58,570 – $163,530	590
4	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead PumpersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,810	$62,220 – $97,370	60
5	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$74,710	$30,580 – $83,680	70
6	Sailors and Marine OilersNo formal educational credential	$73,320	$43,360 – $101,200	80
7	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,190	$48,650 – $88,880	1,620
8	Airfield Operations SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,570	$40,670 – $90,920	90
9	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,450	$45,200 – $75,000	150
10	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,910	$37,650 – $65,940	230
11	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,250	$38,440 – $82,820	1,400
12	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,930	$42,420 – $54,750	440
13	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,420	$36,010 – $62,240	950
14	Aircraft Service AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,760	$41,920 – $59,060	270
15	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$44,510	$37,240 – $75,070	2,620
16	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$41,690	$25,710 – $59,730	340
17	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$41,590	$35,360 – $58,990	190
18	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$40,310	$35,720 – $55,230	4,070
19	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$40,210	$35,850 – $57,650	400
20	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$37,130	$28,980 – $49,470	460
21	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$36,320	$30,680 – $44,680	70
22	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$36,030	$31,620 – $80,310	110

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