High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX run 10.0% below the national average (2024), so a Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX · Employed

1Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$105,520
Postsecondary nondegree award
$63,930 – $107,040400
2Maintenance Workers, Machinery$91,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,080 – $113,100320
3Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$80,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,850 – $100,940320
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,190 – $137,1401,280
5Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$65,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,760 – $101,88090
6Millwrights$64,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,750 – $97,840100
7Riggers$63,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,960 – $75,850210
8Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,360 – $78,530360
9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $106,4801,430
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$57,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,100 – $88,180100
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,360 – $77,050340
12Rail Car Repairers$56,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,640 – $61,630190
13Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$56,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,000 – $79,490390
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $99,990150
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,840 – $80,270890
16Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$45,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $81,020260
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$45,220
Some college, no degree
$34,740 – $56,29050
18Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,740 – $69,9701,750
19Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$44,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $64,850270
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,990 – $52,000280
21Tire Repairers and Changers$34,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,060 – $44,820230

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

#	Occupation	MedianBeaumont-Port Arthur, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$105,520	$63,930 – $107,040	400
2	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,440	$47,080 – $113,100	320
3	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,500	$51,850 – $100,940	320
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,910	$47,190 – $137,140	1,280
5	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,440	$44,760 – $101,880	90
6	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,070	$47,750 – $97,840	100
7	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,950	$41,960 – $75,850	210
8	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,100	$46,360 – $78,530	360
9	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,950	$36,210 – $106,480	1,430
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,380	$39,100 – $88,180	100
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,050	$40,360 – $77,050	340
12	Rail Car RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,820	$46,640 – $61,630	190
13	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,720	$37,000 – $79,490	390
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,330	$29,690 – $99,990	150
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,050	$29,840 – $80,270	890
16	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,970	$37,460 – $81,020	260
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$45,220	$34,740 – $56,290	50
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,210	$29,740 – $69,970	1,750
19	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,310	$31,060 – $64,850	270
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,620	$25,990 – $52,000	280
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,630	$29,060 – $44,820	230

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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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