High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Lawrence, KS

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lawrence, KS. 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 Lawrence, KS run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Lawrence, KS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Lawrence, KS · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$110,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,490 – $119,53030
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,000 – $123,510160
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$66,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,000 – $93,860160
4Maintenance Workers, Machinery$63,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,840 – $74,93060
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$60,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,970 – $80,57080
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$59,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,230 – $82,570130
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,020 – $77,53030
8Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$50,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,750 – $73,41050
9Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,670 – $67,320480
10Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,250 – $77,710240
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $72,03040
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $81,04030

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

#	Occupation	MedianLawrence, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$110,180	$64,490 – $119,530	30
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,710	$50,000 – $123,510	160
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,010	$55,000 – $93,860	160
4	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,980	$52,840 – $74,930	60
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,380	$47,970 – $80,570	80
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,390	$48,230 – $82,570	130
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,590	$47,020 – $77,530	30
8	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,650	$47,750 – $73,410	50
9	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,020	$33,670 – $67,320	480
10	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,880	$33,250 – $77,710	240
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$37,420 – $72,030	40
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,640	$34,320 – $81,040	30

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