High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Appleton, WI

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Appleton, WI. 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 Appleton, WI run 7.6% below the national average (2024), so a Appleton, WI salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Appleton, WI · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$107,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,510 – $115,490160
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$85,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,830 – $125,000570
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$85,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,290 – $90,12040
4Millwrights$84,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,580 – $93,660100
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,600 – $84,5801,020
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,620 – $94,07090
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,320 – $80,150270
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,020 – $102,100320
9Medical Equipment Repairers$60,310
Associate's degree
$46,850 – $92,90040
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$60,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,860 – $80,31070
11Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$58,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,920 – $76,180200
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$58,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,030 – $76,070640
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,770 – $76,3601,340
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,000 – $77,790100
15Motorcycle Mechanics$52,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,770 – $78,66040
16Mechanical Door Repairers$50,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,180 – $62,52060
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,490 – $71,590120
18Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$48,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,840 – $63,27050
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$44,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $59,86090
20Tire Repairers and Changers$44,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $54,600110

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

#	Occupation	MedianAppleton, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$107,370	$50,510 – $115,490	160
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,930	$55,830 – $125,000	570
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$85,290	$51,290 – $90,120	40
4	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,740	$61,580 – $93,660	100
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,980	$50,600 – $84,580	1,020
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,750	$51,620 – $94,070	90
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,860	$44,320 – $80,150	270
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,600	$45,020 – $102,100	320
9	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$60,310	$46,850 – $92,900	40
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,190	$44,860 – $80,310	70
11	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,970	$37,920 – $76,180	200
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,060	$37,030 – $76,070	640
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,420	$36,770 – $76,360	1,340
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,490	$37,000 – $77,790	100
15	Motorcycle MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,000	$32,770 – $78,660	40
16	Mechanical Door RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,200	$42,180 – $62,520	60
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$38,490 – $71,590	120
18	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,490	$35,840 – $63,270	50
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,790	$29,140 – $59,860	90
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,240	$36,720 – $54,600	110

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