High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Rome, GA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rome, GA. 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 Rome, GA run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Rome, GA salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Rome, GA · Employed

1Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$89,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,710 – $91,49060
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$72,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$56,290 – $98,02060
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$70,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,980 – $82,700250
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$69,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,470 – $121,180170
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$52,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $77,59080
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$52,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,120 – $76,14080
7Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,900 – $72,970210
8Maintenance Workers, Machinery$46,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $84,10030
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$46,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $49,03030
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,260 – $68,010480
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$39,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,600 – $57,95050

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

#	Occupation	MedianRome, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$89,650	$40,710 – $91,490	60
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,260	$56,290 – $98,020	60
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,430	$44,980 – $82,700	250
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,030	$45,470 – $121,180	170
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,160	$39,120 – $77,590	80
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,040	$35,120 – $76,140	80
7	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,460	$33,900 – $72,970	210
8	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,630	$37,460 – $84,100	30
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,590	$34,200 – $49,030	30
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,980	$31,260 – $68,010	480
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,970	$32,600 – $57,950	50

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