High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Chico, CA with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Chico, 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 Chico, CA run 1.2% above the national average (2024), so a Chico, 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, Chico, CA · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$99,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,330 – $151,10050
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$92,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,330 – $162,750250
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$75,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$59,920 – $102,77040
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$72,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,050 – $90,59080
5Automotive Body and Related Repairers$64,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,530 – $77,71040
6Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$63,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,550 – $93,070320
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,720 – $94,280120
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$59,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,990 – $99,370200
9Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$57,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,570 – $79,40040
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$55,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,790 – $87,220100
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $80,440720
12Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$50,840
Some college, no degree
$35,890 – $63,79050
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$41,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,410 – $78,740110
14Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$40,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $49,77030
15Tire Repairers and Changers$37,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,070 – $45,34090

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

#	Occupation	MedianChico, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,040	$60,330 – $151,100	50
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,140	$54,330 – $162,750	250
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,190	$59,920 – $102,770	40
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,390	$46,050 – $90,590	80
5	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,420	$38,530 – $77,710	40
6	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,070	$37,550 – $93,070	320
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,920	$43,720 – $94,280	120
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,990	$40,990 – $99,370	200
9	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,890	$39,570 – $79,400	40
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,770	$45,790 – $87,220	100
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,040	$37,340 – $80,440	720
12	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$50,840	$35,890 – $63,790	50
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,360	$34,410 – $78,740	110
14	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,820	$34,320 – $49,770	30
15	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,180	$35,070 – $45,340	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chico, 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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