High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Wausau, WI

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wausau, WI. 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 Wausau, WI run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Wausau, WI salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Wausau, WI · Employed

1Millwrights$83,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$70,820 – $91,05050
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$79,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,990 – $116,350390
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$72,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,110 – $75,93040
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,220 – $81,020560
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,420 – $92,80080
6Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$59,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,210 – $79,53050
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$59,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,370 – $76,890280
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$59,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,370 – $91,560140
9Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,600 – $78,73050
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$55,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $72,410830
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$53,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,450 – $78,530340
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$52,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $72,31080
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$50,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $75,06070
14Tire Repairers and Changers$40,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $46,83050

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

#	Occupation	MedianWausau, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,480	$70,820 – $91,050	50
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,870	$57,990 – $116,350	390
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,540	$60,110 – $75,930	40
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,040	$50,220 – $81,020	560
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,980	$47,420 – $92,800	80
6	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,630	$40,210 – $79,530	50
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,350	$36,370 – $76,890	280
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,110	$45,370 – $91,560	140
9	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,420	$43,600 – $78,730	50
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,650	$36,900 – $72,410	830
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$53,100	$36,450 – $78,530	340
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,430	$36,860 – $72,310	80
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,040	$37,440 – $75,060	70
14	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,490	$35,860 – $46,830	50

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