High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Corpus Christi, TX with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Corpus Christi, 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 Corpus Christi, TX run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Corpus Christi, TX salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Corpus Christi, TX · Employed

1Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$85,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,410 – $102,040300
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$82,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,620 – $98,730130
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$80,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$65,100 – $93,430650
4Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,020 – $108,410250
5First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$75,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,420 – $124,0701,330
6Millwrights$63,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,420 – $78,160110
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,800 – $81,870510
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$60,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $98,050820
9Riggers$60,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,260 – $75,050220
10Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$59,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,570 – $90,550190
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$56,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,320 – $93,470160
12Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$53,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $78,670430
13Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$51,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,350 – $79,420640
14Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$50,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $84,30070
15Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$49,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,410 – $73,20070
16Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,270 – $71,830140
17Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$44,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,860 – $78,0301,090
18Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$44,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,750 – $59,65060
19Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$41,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,710 – $63,6902,530
20Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$40,060
Some college, no degree
$34,580 – $60,98060
21Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$39,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,830 – $69,180200
22Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$35,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,140 – $47,160350
23Tire Repairers and Changers$33,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,030 – $44,270230

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

#	Occupation	MedianCorpus Christi, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$85,470	$52,410 – $102,040	300
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,810	$48,620 – $98,730	130
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,270	$65,100 – $93,430	650
4	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,770	$46,020 – $108,410	250
5	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,120	$45,420 – $124,070	1,330
6	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,890	$44,420 – $78,160	110
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,050	$44,800 – $81,870	510
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,600	$39,120 – $98,050	820
9	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,240	$44,260 – $75,050	220
10	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,780	$37,570 – $90,550	190
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,850	$41,320 – $93,470	160
12	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,220	$37,430 – $78,670	430
13	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,760	$37,350 – $79,420	640
14	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,340	$37,380 – $84,300	70
15	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,960	$35,410 – $73,200	70
16	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,000	$30,270 – $71,830	140
17	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,710	$28,860 – $78,030	1,090
18	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,400	$29,750 – $59,650	60
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,370	$29,710 – $63,690	2,530
20	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$40,060	$34,580 – $60,980	60
21	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,500	$25,830 – $69,180	200
22	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,620	$23,140 – $47,160	350
23	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,850	$28,030 – $44,270	230

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