High paying transportation jobs in Texas with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Texas 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 Texas run 2.9% below the national average (2024), so a Texas salary is worth about 1.03× 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 Texas.

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

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OccupationMedian, Texas · Employed

1Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters$68,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,680 – $79,4004,640
2Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$56,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,150 – $79,400209,680
3Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$48,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,290 – $64,89011,600
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$46,330
No formal educational credential
$30,830 – $59,38012,860
5Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,450
No formal educational credential
$34,300 – $59,78088,780
6Bus Drivers, School$44,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,690 – $60,74037,550
7Light Truck Drivers$42,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,120 – $91,28078,540
8Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,540
No formal educational credential
$29,250 – $50,140216,970
9Stockers and Order Fillers$36,840
No formal educational credential
$28,870 – $47,180322,710
10Driver/Sales Workers$35,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,290 – $60,02040,950
11Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$35,600
No formal educational credential
$21,490 – $47,92013,240
12Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$33,670
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $43,4706,880
13Packers and Packagers, Hand$33,090
No formal educational credential
$23,550 – $44,22046,510
14Passenger Attendants$31,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,290 – $35,7005,170
15Parking Attendants$31,200
No formal educational credential
$23,960 – $40,24012,100
16Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$29,450
No formal educational credential
$22,930 – $43,43037,750

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

#	Occupation	MedianTexas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Railroad Conductors and YardmastersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,980	$45,680 – $79,400	4,640
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,290	$38,150 – $79,400	209,680
3	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,740	$37,290 – $64,890	11,600
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$46,330	$30,830 – $59,380	12,860
5	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,450	$34,300 – $59,780	88,780
6	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,490	$23,690 – $60,740	37,550
7	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,500	$28,120 – $91,280	78,540
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$37,540	$29,250 – $50,140	216,970
9	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,840	$28,870 – $47,180	322,710
10	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,850	$18,290 – $60,020	40,950
11	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$35,600	$21,490 – $47,920	13,240
12	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$33,670	$27,040 – $43,470	6,880
13	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$33,090	$23,550 – $44,220	46,510
14	Passenger AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,230	$28,290 – $35,700	5,170
15	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$23,960 – $40,240	12,100
16	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$29,450	$22,930 – $43,430	37,750

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