High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Ames, IA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ames, IA. 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 Ames, IA run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Ames, IA salary is worth about 1.13× 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 repair jobs in Ames, IA

OccupationMedian, Ames, IA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$100,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$76,200 – $111,37040
2Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$83,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,910 – $110,13050
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$79,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,530 – $109,110220
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$67,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,390 – $86,050150
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$65,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,740 – $82,42080
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,630 – $96,06080
7Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$63,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,600 – $77,68080
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,820 – $82,64080
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$60,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,290 – $79,890190
10Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$58,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,490 – $84,840260
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$58,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,180 – $119,99050
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$54,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $68,39060
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$54,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,480 – $73,830670

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

#	Occupation	MedianAmes, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,170	$76,200 – $111,370	40
2	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,010	$61,910 – $110,130	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,080	$50,530 – $109,110	220
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,250	$49,390 – $86,050	150
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,470	$46,740 – $82,420	80
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,940	$47,630 – $96,060	80
7	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,490	$48,600 – $77,680	80
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,360	$46,820 – $82,640	80
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,430	$41,290 – $79,890	190
10	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,820	$37,490 – $84,840	260
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,790	$37,180 – $119,990	50
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,950	$35,900 – $68,390	60
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,770	$37,480 – $73,830	670

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

Other metro areas in IA

By field in Ames, IA

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Ames, IA to rank honestly.

High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Ames, IA

More for Ames, IA

Other metro areas in IA

By field in Ames, IA

Without a degree

High paying repair and maintenance jobs in each state