High paying transportation jobs in Idaho with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Idaho 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 Idaho run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Idaho salary is worth about 1.05× 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 Idaho.

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

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OccupationMedian, Idaho · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$109,620
Postsecondary nondegree award
$64,300 – $209,320310
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,360 – $77,12015,920
3Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$49,880
No formal educational credential
$38,210 – $58,030730
4Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$49,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,460 – $62,530520
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,600
No formal educational credential
$36,400 – $59,8402,560
6Bus Drivers, School$46,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $56,4102,960
7Light Truck Drivers$44,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,950 – $95,8307,120
8Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$39,900
No formal educational credential
$29,550 – $49,25015,610
9Stockers and Order Fillers$37,310
No formal educational credential
$29,640 – $46,19012,450
10Packers and Packagers, Hand$36,920
No formal educational credential
$23,000 – $48,1502,020
11Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$36,190
No formal educational credential
$23,200 – $68,1001,110
12Driver/Sales Workers$35,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,980 – $49,0902,090
13Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$35,640
No formal educational credential
$26,440 – $44,4302,840
14Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,560
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $44,430480
15Parking Attendants$31,990
No formal educational credential
$26,000 – $38,930470

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

#	Occupation	MedianIdaho	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$109,620	$64,300 – $209,320	310
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,770	$43,360 – $77,120	15,920
3	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$49,880	$38,210 – $58,030	730
4	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,000	$39,460 – $62,530	520
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,600	$36,400 – $59,840	2,560
6	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,250	$36,380 – $56,410	2,960
7	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,370	$31,950 – $95,830	7,120
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$39,900	$29,550 – $49,250	15,610
9	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,310	$29,640 – $46,190	12,450
10	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$36,920	$23,000 – $48,150	2,020
11	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$36,190	$23,200 – $68,100	1,110
12	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,770	$20,980 – $49,090	2,090
13	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$35,640	$26,440 – $44,430	2,840
14	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,560	$31,200 – $44,430	480
15	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,990	$26,000 – $38,930	470

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