High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Bay City, MI

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bay City, MI. 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 Bay City, MI run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Bay City, MI 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, Bay City, MI · Employed

1Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$100,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$73,850 – $118,45040
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$78,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,400 – $101,190210
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,590 – $128,230120
4Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,370 – $81,41090
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$60,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,040 – $81,33070
6Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$59,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,430 – $75,20060
7Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,910 – $72,71050
8Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,520 – $75,770200
9Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,790 – $61,410300
10Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$44,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,420 – $77,95030

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

#	Occupation	MedianBay City, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,820	$73,850 – $118,450	40
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,960	$48,400 – $101,190	210
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,050	$48,590 – $128,230	120
4	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,530	$42,370 – $81,410	90
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,170	$36,040 – $81,330	70
6	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,490	$41,430 – $75,200	60
7	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,940	$35,910 – $72,710	50
8	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,830	$34,520 – $75,770	200
9	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,300	$30,790 – $61,410	300
10	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,000	$30,420 – $77,950	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bay City, MI. 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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