High paying transportation jobs in Peoria, IL with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Peoria, IL 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 Peoria, IL run 8.8% below the national average (2024), so a Peoria, IL salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Peoria, IL · Employed

1Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$59,070
No formal educational credential
$36,300 – $75,68060
2Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$50,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $71,730210
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$49,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,610 – $77,5201,760
4Bus Drivers, School$48,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $60,330620
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$44,840
No formal educational credential
$37,420 – $61,290670
6Light Truck Drivers$43,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $82,2201,160
7Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,420
No formal educational credential
$31,740 – $49,7602,750
8Driver/Sales Workers$37,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $55,240370
9Packers and Packagers, Hand$37,050
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $44,820550
10Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,340
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $42,36090
11Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$34,750
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $38,710200
12Stockers and Order Fillers$34,600
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $44,8902,330
13Parking Attendants$34,580
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $46,65090
14Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$32,830
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $45,620670
15Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $71,10070

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

#	Occupation	MedianPeoria, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$59,070	$36,300 – $75,680	60
2	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,930	$38,120 – $71,730	210
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,610	$39,610 – $77,520	1,760
4	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,100	$31,200 – $60,330	620
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$44,840	$37,420 – $61,290	670
6	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,440	$31,200 – $82,220	1,160
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,420	$31,740 – $49,760	2,750
8	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,110	$31,200 – $55,240	370
9	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,050	$31,200 – $44,820	550
10	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,340	$31,200 – $42,360	90
11	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$34,750	$31,200 – $38,710	200
12	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$34,600	$31,200 – $44,890	2,330
13	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,580	$31,200 – $46,650	90
14	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$32,830	$31,200 – $45,620	670
15	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $71,100	70

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