High paying transportation jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA run 1.8% above the national average (2024), so a Providence-Warwick, RI-MA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Employed

1Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,560 – $74,9707,030
2Bus Drivers, School$59,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,750 – $67,1802,690
3Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$57,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,570 – $60,410280
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$53,510
No formal educational credential
$37,830 – $73,300570
5Sailors and Marine Oilers$48,270
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $98,750240
6Light Truck Drivers$45,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $68,7005,170
7Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$44,490
No formal educational credential
$39,350 – $56,7902,570
8Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$40,370
No formal educational credential
$33,640 – $57,15010,900
9Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$37,340
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,3401,640
10Stockers and Order Fillers$36,640
No formal educational credential
$31,510 – $47,38012,020
11Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$36,050
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $51,4101,190
12Driver/Sales Workers$35,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $65,2801,710
13Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$34,570
No formal educational credential
$32,460 – $44,130360
14Parking Attendants$34,390
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $43,970660
15Packers and Packagers, Hand$34,230
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $48,1203,560

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

#	Occupation	MedianProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,610	$45,560 – $74,970	7,030
2	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,320	$47,750 – $67,180	2,690
3	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,980	$48,570 – $60,410	280
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$53,510	$37,830 – $73,300	570
5	Sailors and Marine OilersNo formal educational credential	$48,270	$31,200 – $98,750	240
6	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,900	$31,200 – $68,700	5,170
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$44,490	$39,350 – $56,790	2,570
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$40,370	$33,640 – $57,150	10,900
9	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$37,340	$31,200 – $47,340	1,640
10	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,640	$31,510 – $47,380	12,020
11	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$36,050	$31,200 – $51,410	1,190
12	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,930	$31,200 – $65,280	1,710
13	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,570	$32,460 – $44,130	360
14	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,390	$31,200 – $43,970	660
15	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$34,230	$31,200 – $48,120	3,560

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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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