High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Morgantown, WV

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Morgantown, WV. 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 Morgantown, WV run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Morgantown, WV 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, Morgantown, WV · Employed

1Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$79,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,990 – $106,54080
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$79,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,980 – $108,060170
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$71,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,310 – $90,12080
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$63,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,490 – $101,79080
5First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$63,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,380 – $115,500320
6Maintenance Workers, Machinery$59,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,290 – $77,830100
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$57,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,550 – $87,610130
8Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$53,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $77,73070
9Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$49,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $63,180120
10Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$47,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,510 – $63,330170
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,430 – $106,47060
12Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$44,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $62,05050
13Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$37,470
Some college, no degree
$30,260 – $58,18030
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$37,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,180 – $56,140940
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$37,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,420 – $63,140360

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

#	Occupation	MedianMorgantown, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,660	$45,990 – $106,540	80
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,290	$46,980 – $108,060	170
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,950	$51,310 – $90,120	80
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,840	$47,490 – $101,790	80
5	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,500	$43,380 – $115,500	320
6	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,910	$37,290 – $77,830	100
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,200	$45,550 – $87,610	130
8	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,020	$35,360 – $77,730	70
9	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,950	$36,950 – $63,180	120
10	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,970	$35,510 – $63,330	170
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,190	$36,430 – $106,470	60
12	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,220	$35,170 – $62,050	50
13	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$37,470	$30,260 – $58,180	30
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,390	$29,180 – $56,140	940
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,060	$28,420 – $63,140	360

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