High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$80,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,820 – $108,080190
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$73,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,370 – $123,1701,050
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$72,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,660 – $94,500160
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$66,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,360 – $88,1501,190
5Millwrights$62,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,690 – $76,550110
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,120 – $92,390290
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,670 – $81,170340
8Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$57,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,830 – $75,07080
9Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$57,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $80,70090
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$56,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,240 – $76,170310
11Maintenance Workers, Machinery$56,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,680 – $111,370100
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,210 – $100,110270
13Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$48,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,240 – $72,850620
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,430 – $78,7201,260
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $74,1402,390
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,920 – $66,800340
17Medical Equipment Repairers$42,960
Associate's degree
$36,840 – $70,41080
18Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$39,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,100 – $59,23080
19Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$35,980
Some college, no degree
$31,220 – $62,07080
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$35,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,900 – $51,330170
21Tire Repairers and Changers$30,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,340 – $44,230240

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

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,520	$48,820 – $108,080	190
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,220	$45,370 – $123,170	1,050
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,870	$48,660 – $94,500	160
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,690	$48,360 – $88,150	1,190
5	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,080	$46,690 – $76,550	110
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,640	$39,120 – $92,390	290
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,880	$41,670 – $81,170	340
8	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,840	$35,830 – $75,070	80
9	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,230	$39,520 – $80,700	90
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,920	$38,240 – $76,170	310
11	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,360	$35,680 – $111,370	100
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,470	$35,210 – $100,110	270
13	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,900	$36,240 – $72,850	620
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,730	$30,430 – $78,720	1,260
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,130	$30,550 – $74,140	2,390
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,230	$27,920 – $66,800	340
17	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$42,960	$36,840 – $70,410	80
18	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,550	$28,100 – $59,230	80
19	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$35,980	$31,220 – $62,070	80
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,150	$22,900 – $51,330	170
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,180	$26,340 – $44,230	240

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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