High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY run 4.2% below the national average (2024), so a Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$109,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,620 – $130,780270
2Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$94,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,730 – $103,110390
3Millwrights$82,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,130 – $92,330290
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$81,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,780 – $108,790360
5First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$80,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,950 – $124,5301,840
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$70,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,740 – $92,3901,560
7Maintenance Workers, Machinery$65,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,130 – $90,460210
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,960 – $84,7001,020
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,180
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,240 – $91,8201,370
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,070 – $93,510210
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,570 – $78,200240
12Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,070 – $81,910520
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$50,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $74,4905,980
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,080 – $74,9802,590
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,550 – $76,280330
16Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $72,840510
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$45,950
Some college, no degree
$36,620 – $73,120300
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $59,240260

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

#	Occupation	MedianBuffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$109,350	$66,620 – $130,780	270
2	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,730	$54,730 – $103,110	390
3	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,840	$63,130 – $92,330	290
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,060	$45,780 – $108,790	360
5	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,230	$55,950 – $124,530	1,840
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,130	$48,740 – $92,390	1,560
7	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,230	$48,130 – $90,460	210
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,270	$46,960 – $84,700	1,020
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,180	$39,240 – $91,820	1,370
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,080	$49,070 – $93,510	210
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,920	$40,570 – $78,200	240
12	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,850	$50,070 – $81,910	520
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,620	$37,470 – $74,490	5,980
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,550	$36,080 – $74,980	2,590
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,920	$38,550 – $76,280	330
16	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$37,580 – $72,840	510
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$45,950	$36,620 – $73,120	300
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,580	$35,170 – $59,240	260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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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