High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Helena, MT

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Helena, MT. 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 Helena, MT run 4.3% below the national average (2024), so a Helena, MT salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Helena, MT · Employed

1Industrial Machinery Mechanics$81,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,560 – $110,43060
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$80,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$63,250 – $97,97050
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$80,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,870 – $125,600200
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$70,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,820 – $82,95050
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$64,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,040 – $80,51060
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,670
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,970 – $79,090100
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,920 – $89,87060
8Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$57,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,430 – $77,450220
9Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $85,90090
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $63,730390
11Tire Repairers and Changers$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,610 – $47,27090
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$35,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,750 – $59,52050

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

#	Occupation	MedianHelena, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,290	$59,560 – $110,430	60
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,870	$63,250 – $97,970	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,280	$46,870 – $125,600	200
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,340	$59,820 – $82,950	50
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,110	$52,040 – $80,510	60
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,670	$45,970 – $79,090	100
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,800	$46,920 – $89,870	60
8	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,820	$38,430 – $77,450	220
9	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,950	$38,700 – $85,900	90
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,430	$34,670 – $63,730	390
11	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$32,610 – $47,270	90
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,980	$23,750 – $59,520	50

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