High paying transportation jobs in Arkansas with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Arkansas 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 Arkansas run 13.1% below the national average (2024), so a Arkansas salary is worth about 1.15× 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 Arkansas.

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

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OccupationMedian, Arkansas · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$94,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,290 – $171,500460
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$51,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,770 – $81,11032,220
3Bus Drivers, School$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,080 – $63,3004,340
4Machine Feeders and Offbearers$45,250
No formal educational credential
$33,280 – $49,7601,580
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$43,780
No formal educational credential
$33,890 – $57,26010,850
6Driver/Sales Workers$39,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,260 – $59,0503,170
7Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$37,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,550 – $56,140570
8Light Truck Drivers$37,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,100 – $72,8809,340
9Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$35,920
No formal educational credential
$28,090 – $45,92021,430
10Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$35,640
No formal educational credential
$26,590 – $51,5701,600
11Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,970
No formal educational credential
$26,840 – $42,4205,140
12Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$34,750
No formal educational credential
$27,760 – $46,750870
13Stockers and Order Fillers$34,700
No formal educational credential
$28,710 – $46,37028,350
14Packers and Packagers, Hand$33,930
No formal educational credential
$27,900 – $46,0803,050
15Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$29,740
No formal educational credential
$25,180 – $38,1001,910

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

#	Occupation	MedianArkansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$94,410	$43,290 – $171,500	460
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,550	$36,770 – $81,110	32,220
3	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$24,080 – $63,300	4,340
4	Machine Feeders and OffbearersNo formal educational credential	$45,250	$33,280 – $49,760	1,580
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$43,780	$33,890 – $57,260	10,850
6	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,820	$24,260 – $59,050	3,170
7	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,520	$29,550 – $56,140	570
8	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,080	$27,100 – $72,880	9,340
9	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$35,920	$28,090 – $45,920	21,430
10	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$35,640	$26,590 – $51,570	1,600
11	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,970	$26,840 – $42,420	5,140
12	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,750	$27,760 – $46,750	870
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$34,700	$28,710 – $46,370	28,350
14	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$33,930	$27,900 – $46,080	3,050
15	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$29,740	$25,180 – $38,100	1,910

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