High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Topeka, KS

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Topeka, KS. 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 Topeka, KS run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Topeka, KS salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Topeka, KS · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$108,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,520 – $112,030300
2Millwrights$91,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,120 – $92,90070
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$81,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,960 – $126,210560
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$72,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,140 – $100,83060
5Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$71,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$55,340 – $97,500110
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$70,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,440 – $90,810360
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$66,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,560 – $82,860290
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$64,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,610 – $82,060220
9Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,190 – $79,050130
10Maintenance Workers, Machinery$62,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,820 – $78,500200
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,980 – $91,140110
12Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$49,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,660 – $70,34050
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $76,77090
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,870 – $76,150510
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,710 – $72,80060
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $74,190990
17Medical Equipment Repairers$45,980
Associate's degree
$36,000 – $58,37060
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$44,470
Some college, no degree
$36,240 – $58,28040
19Tire Repairers and Changers$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,450 – $48,38090
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,920 – $45,85040

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

#	Occupation	MedianTopeka, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$108,720	$64,520 – $112,030	300
2	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,170	$54,120 – $92,900	70
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,860	$50,960 – $126,210	560
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,800	$38,140 – $100,830	60
5	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,450	$55,340 – $97,500	110
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,650	$45,440 – $90,810	360
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,500	$47,560 – $82,860	290
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,480	$46,610 – $82,060	220
9	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,030	$46,190 – $79,050	130
10	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,470	$46,820 – $78,500	200
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,920	$39,980 – $91,140	110
12	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,270	$38,660 – $70,340	50
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,470	$37,600 – $76,770	90
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,320	$35,870 – $76,150	510
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,290	$27,710 – $72,800	60
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,610	$35,250 – $74,190	990
17	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$45,980	$36,000 – $58,370	60
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$44,470	$36,240 – $58,280	40
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$32,450 – $48,380	90
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,680	$31,920 – $45,850	40

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