High paying transportation jobs in Colorado with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Colorado 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 run 3.1% above the national average (2024), so a Colorado salary is worth about 0.97× 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 Colorado.

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

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OccupationMedian, Colorado · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$139,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$59,780 – $269,6301,240
2Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$63,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,870 – $71,0903,540
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$61,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,010 – $80,57025,350
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$60,310
No formal educational credential
$39,580 – $75,3303,700
5Bus Drivers, School$52,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,640 – $70,5403,840
6Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$50,570
No formal educational credential
$40,560 – $65,6308,570
7Light Truck Drivers$48,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $82,22015,810
8Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$45,370
No formal educational credential
$36,730 – $57,18031,140
9Aircraft Service Attendants$44,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,500 – $56,5901,220
10Driver/Sales Workers$43,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $57,96010,790
11Stockers and Order Fillers$42,350
No formal educational credential
$35,720 – $49,82055,520
12Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$41,020
No formal educational credential
$33,420 – $56,0304,710
13Packers and Packagers, Hand$40,730
No formal educational credential
$35,510 – $50,3104,120
14Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$39,610
No formal educational credential
$35,350 – $49,4406,750
15Parking Attendants$39,330
No formal educational credential
$35,670 – $48,8601,390
16Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$39,190
No formal educational credential
$33,840 – $55,9203,430
17Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$38,370
No formal educational credential
$34,800 – $47,8902,980

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

#	Occupation	MedianColorado	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$139,680	$59,780 – $269,630	1,240
2	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,010	$50,870 – $71,090	3,540
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,500	$47,010 – $80,570	25,350
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$60,310	$39,580 – $75,330	3,700
5	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,620	$40,640 – $70,540	3,840
6	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$50,570	$40,560 – $65,630	8,570
7	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,410	$37,230 – $82,220	15,810
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$45,370	$36,730 – $57,180	31,140
9	Aircraft Service AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,500	$33,500 – $56,590	1,220
10	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,420	$30,800 – $57,960	10,790
11	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$42,350	$35,720 – $49,820	55,520
12	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$41,020	$33,420 – $56,030	4,710
13	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$40,730	$35,510 – $50,310	4,120
14	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$39,610	$35,350 – $49,440	6,750
15	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$39,330	$35,670 – $48,860	1,390
16	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$39,190	$33,840 – $55,920	3,430
17	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$38,370	$34,800 – $47,890	2,980

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