High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Greenville, NC

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Greenville, 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 Greenville, NC run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Greenville, 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, Greenville, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$76,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,750 – $104,350360
2Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,480 – $79,200100
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,270 – $82,580110
4Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$62,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,420 – $98,66090
5Medical Equipment Repairers$61,540
Associate's degree
$31,290 – $61,54040
6Millwrights$57,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,570 – $69,16040
7Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$54,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $63,57030
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$53,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,830 – $72,630220
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$49,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,770 – $72,470160
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $79,06060
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$48,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,190 – $62,83030
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,310 – $76,070390
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,310 – $64,100540
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$43,340
Some college, no degree
$36,600 – $65,960110
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$42,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,600 – $60,32050
16Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,800 – $58,87060
17Tire Repairers and Changers$35,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,460 – $44,06060

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreenville, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,100	$46,750 – $104,350	360
2	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,600	$46,480 – $79,200	100
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,200	$44,270 – $82,580	110
4	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,410	$49,420 – $98,660	90
5	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$61,540	$31,290 – $61,540	40
6	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,590	$49,570 – $69,160	40
7	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,440	$35,590 – $63,570	30
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$53,160	$36,830 – $72,630	220
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,850	$37,770 – $72,470	160
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,050	$35,970 – $79,060	60
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,300	$35,190 – $62,830	30
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,220	$29,310 – $76,070	390
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,390	$29,310 – $64,100	540
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$43,340	$36,600 – $65,960	110
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,060	$30,600 – $60,320	50
16	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,780	$29,800 – $58,870	60
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,070	$28,460 – $44,060	60

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