High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC run 2.1% below the national average (2024), so a Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC · Employed

1Home Appliance Repairers$81,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,860 – $93,790320
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$80,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$58,410 – $106,480650
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$79,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,890 – $112,0103,360
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$72,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,320 – $92,060500
5Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$68,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,170 – $100,520420
6Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers$67,790
Associate's degree
$57,990 – $82,490280
7Maintenance Workers, Machinery$65,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,670 – $95,300540
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,810 – $89,6601,680
9Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$64,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,960 – $96,750580
10Riggers$64,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,160 – $76,5401,350
11Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,590 – $80,740950
12Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,160 – $75,900370
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$60,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $123,130820
14Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$59,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,220 – $76,9602,840
15Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$59,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,720 – $73,8001,360
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$58,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,460 – $80,1103,560
17Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$57,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,380 – $83,990580
18Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,300 – $76,5401,490
19Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,390 – $74,6107,100
20Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$41,130
Some college, no degree
$33,300 – $66,020260
21Tire Repairers and Changers$39,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $48,450280
22Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,630 – $51,620720

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

#	Occupation	MedianVirginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,000	$47,860 – $93,790	320
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,450	$58,410 – $106,480	650
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,660	$48,890 – $112,010	3,360
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,380	$49,320 – $92,060	500
5	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,350	$49,170 – $100,520	420
6	Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and RepairersAssociate's degree	$67,790	$57,990 – $82,490	280
7	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,500	$51,670 – $95,300	540
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,620	$46,810 – $89,660	1,680
9	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,490	$43,960 – $96,750	580
10	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,440	$49,160 – $76,540	1,350
11	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,260	$45,590 – $80,740	950
12	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,440	$42,160 – $75,900	370
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,100	$36,900 – $123,130	820
14	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,470	$39,220 – $76,960	2,840
15	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,200	$43,720 – $73,800	1,360
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,290	$36,460 – $80,110	3,560
17	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,000	$39,380 – $83,990	580
18	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$33,300 – $76,540	1,490
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,820	$34,390 – $74,610	7,100
20	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$41,130	$33,300 – $66,020	260
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,830	$29,690 – $48,450	280
22	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,810	$31,630 – $51,620	720

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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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