High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Reading, PA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Reading, PA. 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 Reading, PA run 2.9% below the national average (2024), so a Reading, PA salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Reading, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$84,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,290 – $123,400760
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$82,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,910 – $99,86090
3Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$78,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,290 – $83,75060
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$70,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,040 – $128,550120
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$68,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,770 – $77,510710
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,100 – $77,7201,360
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,670 – $79,870190
8Millwrights$62,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,690 – $79,10070
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,970 – $81,500510
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$58,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $75,230150
11Maintenance Workers, Machinery$57,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,360 – $72,50070
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $77,7401,800
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$51,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,650 – $73,920890
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$50,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $73,500200
15Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$49,110
Some college, no degree
$35,800 – $66,11080
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,750 – $64,370150
17Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$44,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,650 – $55,08080
18Tire Repairers and Changers$37,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,590 – $46,700100

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

#	Occupation	MedianReading, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,380	$56,290 – $123,400	760
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,190	$47,910 – $99,860	90
3	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,110	$54,290 – $83,750	60
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$70,630	$52,040 – $128,550	120
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,640	$48,770 – $77,510	710
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,620	$53,100 – $77,720	1,360
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,110	$48,670 – $79,870	190
8	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,580	$47,690 – $79,100	70
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,740	$46,970 – $81,500	510
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,650	$39,120 – $75,230	150
11	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,580	$47,360 – $72,500	70
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,250	$36,400 – $77,740	1,800
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,310	$36,650 – $73,920	890
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,970	$34,580 – $73,500	200
15	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$49,110	$35,800 – $66,110	80
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,770	$34,750 – $64,370	150
17	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,800	$31,650 – $55,080	80
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,630	$28,590 – $46,700	100

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