High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX run 3.1% above the national average (2024), so a Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Employed

1Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$94,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,130 – $123,1808,000
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,160 – $123,91019,530
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$78,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,960 – $104,4903,030
4Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,750 – $105,6803,930
5Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$73,530
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,000 – $104,3602,910
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,310 – $93,21012,730
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,340 – $85,8804,620
8Maintenance Workers, Machinery$60,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,550 – $84,1202,460
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $81,6607,940
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$60,340
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,840 – $94,5104,680
11Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$59,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,290 – $84,88010,910
12Medical Equipment Repairers$58,680
Associate's degree
$39,780 – $97,1001,670
13Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$57,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,860 – $77,5203,550
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,500 – $87,6304,080
15Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$56,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,940 – $86,6101,730
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,280 – $93,26017,690
17Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,060 – $76,07039,740
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$46,560
Some college, no degree
$35,770 – $61,5702,650
19Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,420 – $71,8605,300
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,780 – $52,5004,150
21Tire Repairers and Changers$36,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,510 – $47,2103,690

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

#	Occupation	MedianDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$94,920	$52,130 – $123,180	8,000
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,740	$48,160 – $123,910	19,530
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,580	$48,960 – $104,490	3,030
4	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,910	$46,750 – $105,680	3,930
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,530	$48,000 – $104,360	2,910
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,380	$44,310 – $93,210	12,730
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,860	$44,340 – $85,880	4,620
8	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,770	$42,550 – $84,120	2,460
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,390	$45,730 – $81,660	7,940
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,340	$36,840 – $94,510	4,680
11	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,560	$40,290 – $84,880	10,910
12	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$58,680	$39,780 – $97,100	1,670
13	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,930	$37,860 – $77,520	3,550
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,280	$34,500 – $87,630	4,080
15	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,080	$40,940 – $86,610	1,730
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,720	$30,280 – $93,260	17,690
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$35,060 – $76,070	39,740
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$46,560	$35,770 – $61,570	2,650
19	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,430	$31,420 – $71,860	5,300
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,250	$29,780 – $52,500	4,150
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,600	$30,510 – $47,210	3,690

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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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