High paying transportation jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$47,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,240 – $75,3903,250
2Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$43,250
No formal educational credential
$22,540 – $57,250190
3Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$41,600
No formal educational credential
$32,710 – $50,240960
4Light Truck Drivers$41,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,480 – $93,1501,060
5Driver/Sales Workers$38,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,650 – $61,6901,020
6Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,640
No formal educational credential
$28,930 – $47,4403,900
7Stockers and Order Fillers$34,160
No formal educational credential
$29,230 – $45,1503,790
8Packers and Packagers, Hand$31,390
No formal educational credential
$25,800 – $39,930640
9Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$31,200
No formal educational credential
$21,890 – $49,070690
10Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$30,500
No formal educational credential
$22,620 – $45,230230
11Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$28,890
No formal educational credential
$24,200 – $46,020140
12Bus Drivers, School$21,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,500 – $37,060460

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

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,920	$37,240 – $75,390	3,250
2	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$43,250	$22,540 – $57,250	190
3	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$41,600	$32,710 – $50,240	960
4	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,100	$26,480 – $93,150	1,060
5	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,060	$17,650 – $61,690	1,020
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,640	$28,930 – $47,440	3,900
7	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$34,160	$29,230 – $45,150	3,790
8	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$31,390	$25,800 – $39,930	640
9	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$21,890 – $49,070	690
10	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$30,500	$22,620 – $45,230	230
11	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$28,890	$24,200 – $46,020	140
12	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,220	$16,500 – $37,060	460

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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