High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Rochester, MN

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rochester, MN. 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 Rochester, MN run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Rochester, MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Rochester, MN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$105,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$86,900 – $118,96080
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$82,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,530 – $113,520310
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$79,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,120 – $96,48050
4Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$77,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,410 – $94,600190
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$74,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,140 – $82,75080
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$71,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,460 – $94,190200
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,940 – $85,800350
8Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$61,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $75,19050
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$58,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $78,430120
10Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$57,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $73,28040
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$54,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $75,780940
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,210 – $81,350480
13Tire Repairers and Changers$39,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,730 – $62,06080

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

#	Occupation	MedianRochester, MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$105,440	$86,900 – $118,960	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,260	$57,530 – $113,520	310
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,870	$56,120 – $96,480	50
4	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,500	$48,410 – $94,600	190
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,330	$46,140 – $82,750	80
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,530	$51,460 – $94,190	200
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,950	$50,940 – $85,800	350
8	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,920	$37,590 – $75,190	50
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,940	$43,680 – $78,430	120
10	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,540	$39,000 – $73,280	40
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,060	$36,050 – $75,780	940
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,920	$38,210 – $81,350	480
13	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,660	$36,730 – $62,060	80

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