High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Bakersfield-Delano, CA 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Bakersfield-Delano, CA salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Bakersfield-Delano, CA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$126,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$75,040 – $152,080280
2Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$96,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,980 – $130,680110
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$96,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,740 – $102,100220
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$94,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,720 – $146,3701,170
5Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$91,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$57,630 – $116,690710
6Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$89,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$66,120 – $123,340260
7Millwrights$82,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,870 – $82,310130
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$73,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,010 – $109,640910
9Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$69,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,020 – $104,500110
10Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$66,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,210 – $95,730680
11Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$66,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,010 – $89,170750
12Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $85,870860
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$62,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,760 – $92,8101,250
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$60,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,660 – $78,020170
15Maintenance Workers, Machinery$56,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,380 – $79,410140
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$50,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $81,4902,490
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$49,930
Some college, no degree
$40,460 – $64,130230
18Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,400 – $78,290420
19Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$47,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $76,460400
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$42,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $58,820200
21Tire Repairers and Changers$36,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,330 – $45,740330

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

#	Occupation	MedianBakersfield-Delano, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$126,670	$75,040 – $152,080	280
2	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,610	$62,980 – $130,680	110
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,600	$63,740 – $102,100	220
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,280	$56,720 – $146,370	1,170
5	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$91,750	$57,630 – $116,690	710
6	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$89,650	$66,120 – $123,340	260
7	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,310	$51,870 – $82,310	130
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,680	$47,010 – $109,640	910
9	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$69,850	$40,020 – $104,500	110
10	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,400	$46,210 – $95,730	680
11	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,150	$43,010 – $89,170	750
12	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,520	$39,120 – $85,870	860
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,450	$38,760 – $92,810	1,250
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,640	$38,660 – $78,020	170
15	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,370	$38,380 – $79,410	140
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,800	$36,940 – $81,490	2,490
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$49,930	$40,460 – $64,130	230
18	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,960	$35,400 – $78,290	420
19	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,210	$35,360 – $76,460	400
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,470	$34,320 – $58,820	200
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,610	$35,330 – $45,740	330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. 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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