High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX run 1.9% below the national average (2024), so a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 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, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX · Employed

1Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$84,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,530 – $108,570560
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$82,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,970 – $106,7001,270
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$77,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,220 – $108,610790
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$76,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,510 – $121,6605,560
5Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$67,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,790 – $100,200860
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,700 – $87,7901,080
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,320 – $96,2402,940
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$62,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,420 – $92,1601,110
9Maintenance Workers, Machinery$62,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,780 – $100,590480
10Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$61,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,110 – $102,550480
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,090 – $81,0001,560
12Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$60,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,030 – $92,1803,140
13Medical Equipment Repairers$60,080
Associate's degree
$42,040 – $95,290480
14Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$59,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $77,950820
15Automotive Body and Related Repairers$55,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,090 – $96,0901,280
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,350 – $94,1505,210
17Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,290 – $74,38012,430
18Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,550 – $69,3101,650
19Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$45,500
Some college, no degree
$35,230 – $60,550800
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,510 – $51,4101,130
21Tire Repairers and Changers$37,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,460 – $48,110940

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

#	Occupation	MedianAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$84,440	$49,530 – $108,570	560
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,120	$47,970 – $106,700	1,270
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,380	$47,220 – $108,610	790
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,270	$47,510 – $121,660	5,560
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,050	$45,790 – $100,200	860
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,000	$47,700 – $87,790	1,080
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,660	$47,320 – $96,240	2,940
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,400	$46,420 – $92,160	1,110
9	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,010	$44,780 – $100,590	480
10	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,510	$43,110 – $102,550	480
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,070	$47,090 – $81,000	1,560
12	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,820	$44,030 – $92,180	3,140
13	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$60,080	$42,040 – $95,290	480
14	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,790	$40,750 – $77,950	820
15	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,120	$36,090 – $96,090	1,280
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,610	$33,350 – $94,150	5,210
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$35,290 – $74,380	12,430
18	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,890	$34,550 – $69,310	1,650
19	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$45,500	$35,230 – $60,550	800
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,510	$24,510 – $51,410	1,130
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,100	$34,460 – $48,110	940

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. 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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