High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Akron, OH

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Akron, OH. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single repair and maintenance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Akron, OH run 6.6% below the national average (2024), so a Akron, OH salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Akron, OH · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$96,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,530 – $115,930240
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,170 – $118,4201,220
3Millwrights$77,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,160 – $82,000100
4Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$75,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,310 – $128,480100
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,210 – $78,760500
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,640 – $99,550260
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,540 – $82,080900
8Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$61,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,530 – $75,120220
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,240 – $96,690850
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,170 – $77,810790
11Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$60,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,670 – $92,270180
12Medical Equipment Repairers$60,580
Associate's degree
$37,600 – $79,270190
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$52,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,450 – $78,6901,580
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $75,7703,560
15Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$48,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $63,230100
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,940 – $75,100280
17Maintenance Workers, Machinery$48,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $65,530110
18Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $75,550450
19Tire Repairers and Changers$43,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $57,410330

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

#	Occupation	MedianAkron, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,340	$65,530 – $115,930	240
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,630	$52,170 – $118,420	1,220
3	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,570	$52,160 – $82,000	100
4	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,800	$47,310 – $128,480	100
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,540	$49,210 – $78,760	500
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,960	$47,640 – $99,550	260
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,890	$47,540 – $82,080	900
8	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,280	$48,530 – $75,120	220
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,090	$38,240 – $96,690	850
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,010	$46,170 – $77,810	790
11	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,910	$47,670 – $92,270	180
12	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$60,580	$37,600 – $79,270	190
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,900	$34,450 – $78,690	1,580
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,420	$34,930 – $75,770	3,560
15	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,720	$32,030 – $63,230	100
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,640	$37,940 – $75,100	280
17	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,640	$37,950 – $65,530	110
18	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$35,980 – $75,550	450
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,900	$34,200 – $57,410	330

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