High paying transportation jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$127,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$69,780 – $292,3303,440
2Airfield Operations Specialists$58,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,490 – $77,2901,530
3Sailors and Marine Oilers$57,870
No formal educational credential
$34,920 – $79,2001,150
4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$51,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,270 – $75,14029,060
5Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$49,770
No formal educational credential
$35,350 – $65,7403,370
6Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$48,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,320 – $72,6203,620
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$47,810
No formal educational credential
$37,240 – $73,3009,290
8Bus Drivers, School$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,200 – $54,4702,810
9Light Truck Drivers$42,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,450 – $61,58020,000
10Aircraft Service Attendants$41,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,970 – $65,3501,040
11Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,580
No formal educational credential
$30,670 – $48,89048,860
12Driver/Sales Workers$36,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $58,4606,530
13Stockers and Order Fillers$36,110
No formal educational credential
$29,400 – $49,35045,270
14Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,950
No formal educational credential
$28,870 – $55,3301,050
15Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$34,610
No formal educational credential
$27,330 – $42,8906,620
16Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,310
No formal educational credential
$28,760 – $46,1006,880
17Passenger Attendants$31,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,010 – $44,220990
18Parking Attendants$29,650
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $38,8208,550
19Packers and Packagers, Hand$27,970
No formal educational credential
$27,430 – $39,90011,200

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$127,360	$69,780 – $292,330	3,440
2	Airfield Operations SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,630	$37,490 – $77,290	1,530
3	Sailors and Marine OilersNo formal educational credential	$57,870	$34,920 – $79,200	1,150
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,580	$38,270 – $75,140	29,060
5	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$49,770	$35,350 – $65,740	3,370
6	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,300	$40,320 – $72,620	3,620
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$47,810	$37,240 – $73,300	9,290
8	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$33,200 – $54,470	2,810
9	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,750	$31,450 – $61,580	20,000
10	Aircraft Service AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,910	$31,970 – $65,350	1,040
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$38,580	$30,670 – $48,890	48,860
12	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,850	$27,040 – $58,460	6,530
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,110	$29,400 – $49,350	45,270
14	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,950	$28,870 – $55,330	1,050
15	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$34,610	$27,330 – $42,890	6,620
16	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$34,310	$28,760 – $46,100	6,880
17	Passenger AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,750	$28,010 – $44,220	990
18	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,650	$27,040 – $38,820	8,550
19	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$27,970	$27,430 – $39,900	11,200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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