High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Fairbanks-College, AK with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Fairbanks-College, AK 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 Fairbanks-College, AK run 3.2% above the national average (2024), so a Fairbanks-College, AK 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, Fairbanks-College, AK · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$133,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,890 – $139,75040
2Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$104,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,200 – $109,050260
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$100,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,100 – $100,73060
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$98,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,170 – $129,060340
5Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$97,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$75,290 – $110,30030
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$97,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,370 – $103,28060
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$93,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,310 – $105,80090
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$91,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,610 – $101,780130
9Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$81,520
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,210 – $105,650130
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$72,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,620 – $93,320130
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$62,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,250 – $91,100380
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$61,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,790 – $75,62080
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$61,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,150 – $101,060270
14Motorcycle Mechanics$49,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,730 – $70,01040
15Tire Repairers and Changers$44,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $76,83090
16Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$44,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,970 – $61,940100

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

#	Occupation	MedianFairbanks-College, AK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$133,220	$69,890 – $139,750	40
2	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,000	$65,200 – $109,050	260
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,680	$49,100 – $100,730	60
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,110	$61,170 – $129,060	340
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$97,990	$75,290 – $110,300	30
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$97,860	$60,370 – $103,280	60
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$93,820	$54,310 – $105,800	90
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,330	$61,610 – $101,780	130
9	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,520	$47,210 – $105,650	130
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,970	$52,620 – $93,320	130
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,520	$37,250 – $91,100	380
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,820	$45,790 – $75,620	80
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,060	$43,150 – $101,060	270
14	Motorcycle MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,110	$37,730 – $70,010	40
15	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,890	$35,990 – $76,830	90
16	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,760	$31,970 – $61,940	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fairbanks-College, AK. 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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