High paying transportation jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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, Memphis, TN-MS-AR · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$122,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$55,900 – $206,830200
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$63,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,200 – $96,15019,460
3Transportation Workers, All Other$56,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,120 – $66,650440
4Aircraft Service Attendants$56,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,060 – $57,610440
5Light Truck Drivers$48,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $93,4708,190
6Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$47,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,340 – $56,400290
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$44,540
No formal educational credential
$36,810 – $52,0007,950
8Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$44,470
No formal educational credential
$31,760 – $61,010890
9Driver/Sales Workers$40,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,580 – $52,7701,840
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$39,510
No formal educational credential
$32,600 – $48,04037,750
11Conveyor Operators and Tenders$38,100
No formal educational credential
$37,120 – $49,760380
12Bus Drivers, School$37,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,540 – $51,1901,150
13Stockers and Order Fillers$37,280
No formal educational credential
$30,330 – $48,64012,200
14Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$36,320
No formal educational credential
$28,300 – $55,790710
15Packers and Packagers, Hand$35,630
No formal educational credential
$26,510 – $49,9303,080
16Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$35,600
No formal educational credential
$22,580 – $53,220420
17Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$34,220
No formal educational credential
$28,160 – $38,470420
18Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,100
No formal educational credential
$26,930 – $45,1701,330

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

#	Occupation	MedianMemphis, TN-MS-AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$122,420	$55,900 – $206,830	200
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,070	$44,200 – $96,150	19,460
3	Transportation Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,870	$26,120 – $66,650	440
4	Aircraft Service AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,620	$38,060 – $57,610	440
5	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,350	$35,360 – $93,470	8,190
6	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,580	$39,340 – $56,400	290
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$44,540	$36,810 – $52,000	7,950
8	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$44,470	$31,760 – $61,010	890
9	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,610	$21,580 – $52,770	1,840
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$39,510	$32,600 – $48,040	37,750
11	Conveyor Operators and TendersNo formal educational credential	$38,100	$37,120 – $49,760	380
12	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,920	$23,540 – $51,190	1,150
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$37,280	$30,330 – $48,640	12,200
14	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$36,320	$28,300 – $55,790	710
15	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$35,630	$26,510 – $49,930	3,080
16	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$35,600	$22,580 – $53,220	420
17	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,220	$28,160 – $38,470	420
18	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,100	$26,930 – $45,170	1,330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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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