High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Bowling Green, KY with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Bowling Green, KY 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 Bowling Green, KY run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Bowling Green, KY 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, Bowling Green, KY · Employed

1Millwrights$77,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,990 – $92,29050
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$74,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,600 – $83,700700
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$73,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,970 – $109,310370
4Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$60,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,460 – $95,63080
5Maintenance Workers, Machinery$59,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,890 – $146,93060
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,140 – $91,39070
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$58,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $76,96090
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,240 – $74,260230
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$51,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,480 – $67,280200
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,510 – $78,71060
11Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $59,68040
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,850 – $70,450830
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$44,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $63,84040
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$42,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,600 – $63,900470
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $45,64060
16Tire Repairers and Changers$35,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,690 – $41,16090

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

#	Occupation	MedianBowling Green, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,480	$49,990 – $92,290	50
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,410	$48,600 – $83,700	700
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,890	$47,970 – $109,310	370
4	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,420	$48,460 – $95,630	80
5	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,100	$45,890 – $146,930	60
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,010	$40,140 – $91,390	70
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,960	$47,840 – $76,960	90
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,230	$39,240 – $74,260	230
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,920	$36,480 – $67,280	200
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,530	$27,510 – $78,710	60
11	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$35,090 – $59,680	40
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,880	$32,850 – $70,450	830
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,590	$35,930 – $63,840	40
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,860	$30,600 – $63,900	470
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,500	$29,140 – $45,640	60
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,430	$28,690 – $41,160	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bowling Green, KY. 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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