High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Goldsboro, NC

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Goldsboro, NC. 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 Goldsboro, NC run 11.5% below the national average (2024), so a Goldsboro, NC salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Goldsboro, NC · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$85,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,920 – $111,22040
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$81,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$72,570 – $92,140120
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$77,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,190 – $110,090220
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$60,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,780 – $71,070180
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,530 – $71,70040
6Maintenance Workers, Machinery$58,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,120 – $71,50040
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$53,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $60,78080
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$51,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,860 – $70,970160
9Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,600 – $76,07050
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$45,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,500 – $60,80050
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$43,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,730 – $74,230260
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$42,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,240 – $61,560380

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

#	Occupation	MedianGoldsboro, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,900	$55,920 – $111,220	40
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,640	$72,570 – $92,140	120
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,360	$46,190 – $110,090	220
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,200	$39,780 – $71,070	180
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,200	$40,530 – $71,700	40
6	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,650	$46,120 – $71,500	40
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,980	$39,520 – $60,780	80
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,540	$35,860 – $70,970	160
9	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,360	$32,600 – $76,070	50
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,320	$35,500 – $60,800	50
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,970	$29,730 – $74,230	260
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,700	$28,240 – $61,560	380

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