High paying transportation jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Champaign-Urbana, IL 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 Champaign-Urbana, IL run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Champaign-Urbana, IL salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Champaign-Urbana, IL · Employed

1Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$56,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,130 – $80,560840
2Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$51,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,350 – $81,150390
3Light Truck Drivers$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,670 – $91,360820
4Bus Drivers, School$45,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,360 – $59,060280
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$44,130
No formal educational credential
$36,590 – $58,630250
6Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$41,970
No formal educational credential
$32,760 – $52,8301,960
7Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$40,650
No formal educational credential
$33,560 – $67,77040
8Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$39,340
No formal educational credential
$31,860 – $48,62090
9Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$36,180
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $48,780200
10Parking Attendants$35,690
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $49,22080
11Stockers and Order Fillers$35,400
No formal educational credential
$31,210 – $45,6802,060
12Packers and Packagers, Hand$35,150
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $44,500350
13Driver/Sales Workers$33,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $60,540260
14Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $41,60080

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

#	Occupation	MedianChampaign-Urbana, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,270	$38,130 – $80,560	840
2	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,010	$40,350 – $81,150	390
3	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$33,670 – $91,360	820
4	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,240	$37,360 – $59,060	280
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$44,130	$36,590 – $58,630	250
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$41,970	$32,760 – $52,830	1,960
7	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$40,650	$33,560 – $67,770	40
8	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$39,340	$31,860 – $48,620	90
9	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$36,180	$31,200 – $48,780	200
10	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,690	$31,200 – $49,220	80
11	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$35,400	$31,210 – $45,680	2,060
12	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$35,150	$31,200 – $44,500	350
13	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,640	$31,200 – $60,540	260
14	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $41,600	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Champaign-Urbana, IL. 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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