High paying transportation jobs in Colorado Springs, CO with no experience
The best paid transportation occupations in Colorado Springs, CO 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 Colorado Springs, CO run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Colorado Springs, CO salary is worth about 0.99× 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
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,450 – $63,010380Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,150 – $77,7901,860No formal educational credential
$36,550 – $72,660420High school diploma or equivalent
$42,320 – $60,680590No formal educational credential
$32,990 – $49,620150High school diploma or equivalent
$33,540 – $90,9801,690No formal educational credential
$37,900 – $63,800470High school diploma or equivalent
$33,040 – $57,760110No formal educational credential
$35,380 – $48,0409,110No formal educational credential
$34,970 – $53,3402,660High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $48,9801,400No formal educational credential
$31,710 – $48,880510No formal educational credential
$33,130 – $49,440220No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $64,420380No formal educational credential
$34,070 – $43,750360No formal educational credential
$33,800 – $44,120640
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianColorado Springs, CO | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent | $63,010 | $50,450 – $63,010 | 380 |
| 2 | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award | $59,790 | $45,150 – $77,790 | 1,860 |
| 3 | Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential | $58,530 | $36,550 – $72,660 | 420 |
| 4 | Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent | $47,330 | $42,320 – $60,680 | 590 |
| 5 | Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential | $47,320 | $32,990 – $49,620 | 150 |
| 6 | Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent | $46,020 | $33,540 – $90,980 | 1,690 |
| 7 | Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential | $45,710 | $37,900 – $63,800 | 470 |
| 8 | Aircraft Service AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $43,740 | $33,040 – $57,760 | 110 |
| 9 | Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential | $41,440 | $35,380 – $48,040 | 9,110 |
| 10 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential | $41,080 | $34,970 – $53,340 | 2,660 |
| 11 | Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $40,670 | $30,800 – $48,980 | 1,400 |
| 12 | Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential | $38,460 | $31,710 – $48,880 | 510 |
| 13 | Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential | $37,700 | $33,130 – $49,440 | 220 |
| 14 | Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential | $37,670 | $31,200 – $64,420 | 380 |
| 15 | Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential | $37,110 | $34,070 – $43,750 | 360 |
| 16 | Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential | $36,250 | $33,800 – $44,120 | 640 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Colorado Springs, CO. 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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