High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 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, Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$84,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,320 – $104,28050
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$74,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,830 – $97,170420
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,370 – $83,140330
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$58,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $72,07050
5Maintenance Workers, Machinery$57,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,180 – $73,99030
6Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,630 – $98,590100
7Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$51,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $99,39050
8Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$50,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,780 – $66,55090
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$50,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,280 – $68,710190
10Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,500 – $76,710440
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $68,540930
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$41,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,810 – $57,94040
13Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,230 – $60,60090

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

#	Occupation	MedianBlacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,840	$45,320 – $104,280	50
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,100	$49,830 – $97,170	420
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,150	$45,370 – $83,140	330
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,910	$37,960 – $72,070	50
5	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,580	$45,180 – $73,990	30
6	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,330	$38,630 – $98,590	100
7	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,670	$38,880 – $99,390	50
8	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,740	$40,780 – $66,550	90
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,030	$39,280 – $68,710	190
10	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,500	$35,500 – $76,710	440
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,040	$34,480 – $68,540	930
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,690	$28,810 – $57,940	40
13	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,620	$30,230 – $60,600	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. 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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