High paying repair and maintenance jobs in State College, PA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in State College, PA. 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 State College, PA run 3.2% below the national average (2024), so a State College, PA salary is worth about 1.03× 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, State College, PA · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$92,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,510 – $100,44030
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$75,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,100 – $103,090250
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$65,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,510 – $99,47030
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,250 – $80,690100
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$59,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,860 – $78,370140
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $82,170120
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$57,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,250 – $73,300190
8Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$55,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,540 – $70,39050
9Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,190 – $61,660870
10Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,490 – $78,280300

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

#	Occupation	MedianState College, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,440	$58,510 – $100,440	30
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,450	$54,100 – $103,090	250
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,820	$39,510 – $99,470	30
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,450	$47,250 – $80,690	100
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,160	$46,860 – $78,370	140
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,760	$41,600 – $82,170	120
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,970	$45,250 – $73,300	190
8	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,450	$30,540 – $70,390	50
9	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,420	$35,190 – $61,660	870
10	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,240	$35,490 – $78,280	300

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in State College, PA. 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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