High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Cleveland, OH with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Cleveland, OH 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 Cleveland, OH run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Cleveland, OH salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Cleveland, OH · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$91,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,080 – $111,370440
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$80,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,780 – $143,400410
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,300 – $111,9203,510
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,090 – $87,8101,100
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$64,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,960 – $101,100550
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,790 – $86,9404,300
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,220 – $98,3102,610
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,250 – $81,2901,970
9Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$62,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,350 – $77,980580
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$62,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,770 – $89,850370
11Medical Equipment Repairers$60,590
Associate's degree
$38,240 – $90,780700
12Maintenance Workers, Machinery$60,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,530 – $76,610370
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$51,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,130 – $75,98012,860
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,750 – $80,4704,120
15Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $80,6601,180
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,540 – $71,540610
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$46,010
Some college, no degree
$37,420 – $77,040550
18Tire Repairers and Changers$43,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,430 – $56,830550

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

#	Occupation	MedianCleveland, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,120	$62,080 – $111,370	440
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,570	$48,780 – $143,400	410
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,760	$48,300 – $111,920	3,510
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,120	$50,090 – $87,810	1,100
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,460	$44,960 – $101,100	550
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,500	$48,790 – $86,940	4,300
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,790	$39,220 – $98,310	2,610
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,690	$47,250 – $81,290	1,970
9	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,660	$47,350 – $77,980	580
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,290	$47,770 – $89,850	370
11	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$60,590	$38,240 – $90,780	700
12	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,370	$38,530 – $76,610	370
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,930	$36,130 – $75,980	12,860
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,260	$35,750 – $80,470	4,120
15	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,750	$37,890 – $80,660	1,180
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$38,540 – $71,540	610
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$46,010	$37,420 – $77,040	550
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,360	$29,430 – $56,830	550

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