High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Salisbury, MD

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Salisbury, MD. 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 Salisbury, MD run 4.4% below the national average (2024), so a Salisbury, MD salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Salisbury, MD · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$76,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,180 – $109,02060
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$75,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,160 – $118,630260
3Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$67,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,140 – $86,97080
4Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$63,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,790 – $90,61030
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,090 – $93,48030
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,690 – $98,140160
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,400 – $73,34060
8Maintenance Workers, Machinery$58,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,760 – $63,42040
9Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$54,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,070 – $76,830390
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $108,71070
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $68,500110
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,300 – $64,110640
13Industrial Machinery Mechanics$41,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,660 – $82,460180
14Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,390 – $47,54050

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalisbury, MD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,120	$47,180 – $109,020	60
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,380	$53,160 – $118,630	260
3	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,510	$47,140 – $86,970	80
4	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,540	$45,790 – $90,610	30
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,930	$49,090 – $93,480	30
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,220	$43,690 – $98,140	160
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,370	$48,400 – $73,340	60
8	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,210	$40,760 – $63,420	40
9	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,840	$35,070 – $76,830	390
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,090	$35,980 – $108,710	70
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,970	$37,020 – $68,500	110
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,160	$33,300 – $64,110	640
13	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,810	$32,660 – $82,460	180
14	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,880	$33,390 – $47,540	50

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