High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Yakima, WA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Yakima, WA. 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 Yakima, WA run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Yakima, WA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Yakima, WA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$119,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,860 – $134,67030
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$83,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,930 – $122,060420
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$75,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,960 – $97,20050
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$68,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$61,610 – $98,03040
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$66,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,550 – $81,180100
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$65,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,050 – $94,080160
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,290 – $85,370260
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,000 – $80,600480
9Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$62,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,570 – $79,280130
10Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$61,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,620 – $82,24090
11Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers$58,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,210 – $76,17040
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,480 – $93,360410
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$49,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,910 – $75,5501,210
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $93,67070
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $55,48040
16Tire Repairers and Changers$38,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $53,390120

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

#	Occupation	MedianYakima, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$119,850	$50,860 – $134,670	30
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,610	$59,930 – $122,060	420
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,580	$51,960 – $97,200	50
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$68,970	$61,610 – $98,030	40
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,280	$49,550 – $81,180	100
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,900	$42,050 – $94,080	160
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,990	$46,290 – $85,370	260
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,670	$44,000 – $80,600	480
9	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,550	$45,570 – $79,280	130
10	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,610	$37,620 – $82,240	90
11	Automotive Glass Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,850	$37,210 – $76,170	40
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,150	$37,480 – $93,360	410
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,450	$37,910 – $75,550	1,210
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$36,240 – $93,670	70
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,840	$36,240 – $55,480	40
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,510	$36,680 – $53,390	120

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