High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Wheeling, WV-OH

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wheeling, WV-OH. 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 Wheeling, WV-OH run 11.7% below the national average (2024), so a Wheeling, WV-OH 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, Wheeling, WV-OH · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$108,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,940 – $119,090140
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$91,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,700 – $95,53050
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$85,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,360 – $124,890400
4Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$82,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,000 – $95,33050
5Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$64,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,790 – $64,62040
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,250 – $90,340210
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,420 – $96,150210
8Maintenance Workers, Machinery$58,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $78,32040
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $74,250140
10Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$56,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,510 – $77,850100
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$53,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,990 – $78,83070
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,180 – $62,45060
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$44,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,420 – $80,630860
14Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$42,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,380 – $61,82040
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$42,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,810 – $75,410400
16Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$36,740
Some college, no degree
$30,140 – $61,48070
17Tire Repairers and Changers$34,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $45,83060

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

#	Occupation	MedianWheeling, WV-OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$108,060	$60,940 – $119,090	140
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,090	$64,700 – $95,530	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,240	$45,360 – $124,890	400
4	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,960	$45,000 – $95,330	50
5	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,620	$41,790 – $64,620	40
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,460	$47,250 – $90,340	210
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,970	$46,420 – $96,150	210
8	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,650	$38,520 – $78,320	40
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,840	$43,680 – $74,250	140
10	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,240	$36,510 – $77,850	100
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$53,780	$43,990 – $78,830	70
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$30,180 – $62,450	60
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,520	$29,420 – $80,630	860
14	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,600	$22,380 – $61,820	40
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,030	$29,810 – $75,410	400
16	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$36,740	$30,140 – $61,480	70
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,380	$28,970 – $45,830	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Wheeling, WV-OH. 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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