High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Chattanooga, TN-GA with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Chattanooga, TN-GA 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Chattanooga, TN-GA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Chattanooga, TN-GA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$78,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,000 – $98,800550
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$64,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,380 – $81,350140
3Millwrights$62,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,990 – $73,780160
4Maintenance Workers, Machinery$62,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,420 – $73,810110
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,270 – $79,300220
6First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$61,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,040 – $110,5301,690
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$60,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,150 – $82,4101,480
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,980 – $92,200130
9Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$58,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,070 – $75,340230
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $83,200480
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$51,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,640 – $79,3001,320
12Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$50,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,160 – $77,020850
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,090 – $61,940640
14Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$48,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $77,690160
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $65,930360
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,790 – $71,6402,840
17Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$44,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $63,89090
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,750 – $54,300180
19Tire Repairers and Changers$35,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,340 – $48,000170

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

#	Occupation	MedianChattanooga, TN-GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,240	$59,000 – $98,800	550
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,010	$36,380 – $81,350	140
3	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,850	$45,990 – $73,780	160
4	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,690	$36,420 – $73,810	110
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,680	$47,270 – $79,300	220
6	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,340	$29,040 – $110,530	1,690
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,180	$47,150 – $82,410	1,480
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,910	$45,980 – $92,200	130
9	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,870	$46,070 – $75,340	230
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,450	$39,000 – $83,200	480
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,020	$31,640 – $79,300	1,320
12	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,950	$37,160 – $77,020	850
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,560	$36,090 – $61,940	640
14	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,330	$37,890 – $77,690	160
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$35,790 – $65,930	360
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,170	$33,790 – $71,640	2,840
17	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,050	$36,750 – $63,890	90
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,120	$27,750 – $54,300	180
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,050	$28,340 – $48,000	170

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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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