High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Roanoke, VA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Roanoke, VA. 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 Roanoke, VA run 6.4% below the national average (2024), so a Roanoke, VA 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, Roanoke, VA · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$82,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,460 – $127,760330
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,700 – $113,090800
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay$66,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,950 – $102,56060
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,720 – $77,520310
5Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,650 – $65,210110
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$59,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,730 – $79,510600
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,900 – $73,610420
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$55,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,970 – $74,660100
9Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$51,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,980 – $78,550740
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,270 – $94,370150
11Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$49,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,720 – $75,040660
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,700 – $78,6201,360
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$43,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,900 – $63,290270
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$39,270
Some college, no degree
$31,400 – $58,21050
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,180 – $48,610140

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

#	Occupation	MedianRoanoke, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,180	$47,460 – $127,760	330
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,420	$46,700 – $113,090	800
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and RelayPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,480	$54,950 – $102,560	60
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,770	$44,720 – $77,520	310
5	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,000	$40,650 – $65,210	110
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,250	$42,730 – $79,510	600
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,240	$43,900 – $73,610	420
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,380	$36,970 – $74,660	100
9	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,230	$33,980 – $78,550	740
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,660	$33,270 – $94,370	150
11	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,230	$37,720 – $75,040	660
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,880	$33,700 – $78,620	1,360
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,890	$33,900 – $63,290	270
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$39,270	$31,400 – $58,210	50
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,380	$29,180 – $48,610	140

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