High paying repair and maintenance jobs in New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. 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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a New Orleans-Metairie, LA salary is worth about 1.08× 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, New Orleans-Metairie, LA · Employed

1Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$82,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,740 – $99,070240
2Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$81,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,320 – $97,860590
3Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,190 – $122,290370
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$77,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,000 – $131,7202,180
5Millwrights$63,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,440 – $80,770140
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$63,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,300 – $81,6101,280
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,390 – $84,750530
8Maintenance Workers, Machinery$61,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,650 – $94,150330
9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,180 – $96,9301,510
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $87,240710
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$59,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $79,640320
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$56,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $91,6002,430
13Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$51,310
Some college, no degree
$37,640 – $99,340210
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,640 – $80,4401,610
15Riggers$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,210 – $75,320270
16Automotive Body and Related Repairers$46,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,200 – $78,820340
17Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,840 – $72,3404,940
18Tire Repairers and Changers$36,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,340 – $49,100160
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,750 – $48,490670

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Orleans-Metairie, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$82,160	$49,740 – $99,070	240
2	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,090	$60,320 – $97,860	590
3	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,980	$38,190 – $122,290	370
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,640	$49,000 – $131,720	2,180
5	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,730	$48,440 – $80,770	140
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,500	$38,300 – $81,610	1,280
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,220	$39,390 – $84,750	530
8	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,720	$48,650 – $94,150	330
9	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,560	$38,180 – $96,930	1,510
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,460	$43,680 – $87,240	710
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,910	$38,090 – $79,640	320
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,160	$28,960 – $91,600	2,430
13	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$51,310	$37,640 – $99,340	210
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,190	$31,640 – $80,440	1,610
15	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$19,210 – $75,320	270
16	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,640	$29,200 – $78,820	340
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,260	$29,840 – $72,340	4,940
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,900	$28,340 – $49,100	160
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,080	$24,750 – $48,490	670

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. 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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