High paying transportation jobs in New Mexico with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in New Mexico 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 New Mexico run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a New Mexico 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in New Mexico.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Mexico · Employed

1Air Traffic Controllers$148,550
Associate's degree
$77,400 – $187,790350
2Commercial Pilots$97,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,680 – $219,010370
3Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters$77,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,890 – $77,890400
4Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$62,150
No formal educational credential
$35,900 – $65,0902,620
5Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$50,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,540 – $65,99011,820
6Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$47,660
No formal educational credential
$34,870 – $61,0401,070
7Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$45,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $48,350580
8Bus Drivers, School$45,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,020 – $65,1401,870
9Light Truck Drivers$42,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,590 – $58,3204,220
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,230
No formal educational credential
$28,510 – $50,62010,200
11Stockers and Order Fillers$35,830
No formal educational credential
$29,540 – $51,17016,540
12Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$34,970
No formal educational credential
$27,620 – $47,9301,490
13Parking Attendants$30,530
No formal educational credential
$25,020 – $36,020420
14Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$30,310
No formal educational credential
$26,860 – $41,1401,820
15Driver/Sales Workers$29,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,960 – $57,9602,970
16Packers and Packagers, Hand$28,070
No formal educational credential
$25,670 – $45,2201,050

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Mexico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Air Traffic ControllersAssociate's degree	$148,550	$77,400 – $187,790	350
2	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$97,920	$34,680 – $219,010	370
3	Railroad Conductors and YardmastersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,890	$64,890 – $77,890	400
4	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$62,150	$35,900 – $65,090	2,620
5	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,500	$38,540 – $65,990	11,820
6	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$47,660	$34,870 – $61,040	1,070
7	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,610	$35,460 – $48,350	580
8	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,470	$31,020 – $65,140	1,870
9	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,360	$30,590 – $58,320	4,220
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,230	$28,510 – $50,620	10,200
11	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$35,830	$29,540 – $51,170	16,540
12	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$34,970	$27,620 – $47,930	1,490
13	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$30,530	$25,020 – $36,020	420
14	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$30,310	$26,860 – $41,140	1,820
15	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,770	$24,960 – $57,960	2,970
16	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$28,070	$25,670 – $45,220	1,050

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