High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Rockford, IL

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rockford, IL. 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 Rockford, IL run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Rockford, IL salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Rockford, IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$83,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,470 – $128,940570
2Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$75,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,960 – $117,550190
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$73,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,570 – $101,60080
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$72,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,830 – $99,500320
5Millwrights$66,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $83,68060
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$62,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,660 – $102,46070
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $95,970310
8Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,030 – $77,360110
9Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$57,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $86,870150
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$53,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $78,8501,980
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,890 – $80,010730
12Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,220
Some college, no degree
$34,440 – $59,95050
13Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$44,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $56,26080
14Tire Repairers and Changers$38,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,760 – $49,60080

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

#	Occupation	MedianRockford, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,480	$56,470 – $128,940	570
2	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,070	$46,960 – $117,550	190
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,960	$44,570 – $101,600	80
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,000	$49,830 – $99,500	320
5	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,560	$39,520 – $83,680	60
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,460	$37,660 – $102,460	70
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,020	$39,030 – $95,970	310
8	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,780	$36,030 – $77,360	110
9	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,200	$36,680 – $86,870	150
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,610	$35,900 – $78,850	1,980
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,110	$34,890 – $80,010	730
12	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,220	$34,440 – $59,950	50
13	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,080	$37,950 – $56,260	80
14	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,380	$31,760 – $49,600	80

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