High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN run 6.6% below the national average (2024), so a Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$80,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,780 – $106,580400
2Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$73,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,710 – $88,890150
3Millwrights$72,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,020 – $76,92040
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$70,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,580 – $92,540370
5Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$67,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,350 – $85,60050
6Automotive Body and Related Repairers$62,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,810 – $72,500170
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$62,210
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,690 – $74,63070
8Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$62,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,710 – $71,10050
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,040 – $86,390230
10Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$60,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $73,92070
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,210 – $77,740210
12Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$58,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,990 – $80,46030
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$55,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $83,5301,250
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,420 – $76,940480
15Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,880
Some college, no degree
$30,720 – $61,84050
16Home Appliance Repairers$44,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,980 – $72,27040
17Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,260 – $47,00040
18Tire Repairers and Changers$35,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,700 – $42,71060

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

#	Occupation	MedianLafayette-West Lafayette, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,220	$52,780 – $106,580	400
2	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,830	$49,710 – $88,890	150
3	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,450	$47,020 – $76,920	40
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,130	$49,580 – $92,540	370
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,550	$47,350 – $85,600	50
6	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,380	$38,810 – $72,500	170
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,210	$47,690 – $74,630	70
8	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,180	$38,710 – $71,100	50
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,430	$41,040 – $86,390	230
10	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,470	$36,440 – $73,920	70
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,200	$44,210 – $77,740	210
12	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,950	$26,990 – $80,460	30
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,480	$37,340 – $83,530	1,250
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,290	$35,420 – $76,940	480
15	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,880	$30,720 – $61,840	50
16	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,130	$25,980 – $72,270	40
17	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,120	$26,260 – $47,000	40
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,220	$30,700 – $42,710	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. 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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