High paying transportation jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ run 12.6% above the national average (2024), so a New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ salary is worth about 0.89× 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

Find transportation jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

OccupationMedian, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Employed

1Transportation Inspectors$93,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,440 – $97,8404,000
2Subway and Streetcar Operators$90,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$90,140 – $90,1403,950
3Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters$80,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,520 – $80,0003,800
4Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$78,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,560 – $84,70019,770
5Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$65,310
No formal educational credential
$41,130 – $86,72013,310
6Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$65,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,440 – $92,71065,100
7Bus Drivers, School$59,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,620 – $77,55029,280
8Light Truck Drivers$47,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,150 – $76,36058,140
9Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,930
No formal educational credential
$37,190 – $75,98024,720
10Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$45,850
No formal educational credential
$36,190 – $83,8203,370
11Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$45,410
No formal educational credential
$35,680 – $61,32018,760
12Driver/Sales Workers$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,350 – $62,54019,040
13Packers and Packagers, Hand$43,450
No formal educational credential
$33,010 – $47,31051,020
14Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$43,290
No formal educational credential
$34,500 – $60,020118,290
15Passenger Attendants$41,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,610 – $42,2003,410
16Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$41,540
No formal educational credential
$35,020 – $72,18019,280
17Stockers and Order Fillers$38,600
No formal educational credential
$34,270 – $57,050131,080
18Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$36,440
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $45,9909,370
19Parking Attendants$35,920
No formal educational credential
$33,580 – $42,29014,220

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Transportation InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$93,420	$52,440 – $97,840	4,000
2	Subway and Streetcar OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$90,140	$90,140 – $90,140	3,950
3	Railroad Conductors and YardmastersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,000	$55,520 – $80,000	3,800
4	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,130	$56,560 – $84,700	19,770
5	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$65,310	$41,130 – $86,720	13,310
6	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,040	$50,440 – $92,710	65,100
7	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,790	$47,620 – $77,550	29,280
8	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,440	$36,150 – $76,360	58,140
9	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,930	$37,190 – $75,980	24,720
10	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$45,850	$36,190 – $83,820	3,370
11	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$45,410	$35,680 – $61,320	18,760
12	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$33,350 – $62,540	19,040
13	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$43,450	$33,010 – $47,310	51,020
14	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$43,290	$34,500 – $60,020	118,290
15	Passenger AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,590	$39,610 – $42,200	3,410
16	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$41,540	$35,020 – $72,180	19,280
17	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$38,600	$34,270 – $57,050	131,080
18	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$36,440	$32,220 – $45,990	9,370
19	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,920	$33,580 – $42,290	14,220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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.

More for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Other metro areas in NY

By field in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ to rank honestly.

High paying transportation jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ with no experience

More for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Other metro areas in NY

By field in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Without a degree

High paying transportation jobs in each state with no experience