High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Fargo, ND-MN with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Fargo, ND-MN 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 Fargo, ND-MN run 9.1% below the national average (2024), so a Fargo, ND-MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Fargo, ND-MN · Employed

1Riggers$169,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$78,680 – $169,48050
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$104,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,850 – $121,070100
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$82,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$61,180 – $104,23090
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$79,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,570 – $119,290470
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$75,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,450 – $95,950370
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$74,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,800 – $98,910110
7Medical Equipment Repairers$73,610
Associate's degree
$49,460 – $98,370130
8Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$71,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,960 – $93,20050
9Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$68,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,510 – $96,910300
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$64,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,620 – $89,700500
11Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,810 – $80,110560
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$59,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,570 – $81,170600
13Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$58,720
Some college, no degree
$36,780 – $71,76090
14Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$58,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,140 – $79,900240
15Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,930 – $95,260170
16Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$57,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,140 – $69,99060
17Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers$52,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,300 – $76,69060
18Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,400 – $66,9501,040
19Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $75,880230
20Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$47,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,370 – $96,66050
21Tire Repairers and Changers$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $46,000180

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

#	Occupation	MedianFargo, ND-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$169,480	$78,680 – $169,480	50
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,920	$60,850 – $121,070	100
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$82,880	$61,180 – $104,230	90
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,330	$57,570 – $119,290	470
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,920	$46,450 – $95,950	370
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,460	$50,800 – $98,910	110
7	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$73,610	$49,460 – $98,370	130
8	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,060	$47,960 – $93,200	50
9	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,410	$50,510 – $96,910	300
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,370	$48,620 – $89,700	500
11	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,760	$51,810 – $80,110	560
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,510	$37,570 – $81,170	600
13	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$58,720	$36,780 – $71,760	90
14	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,460	$46,140 – $79,900	240
15	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,350	$37,930 – $95,260	170
16	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,300	$46,140 – $69,990	60
17	Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,900	$36,300 – $76,690	60
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,040	$37,400 – $66,950	1,040
19	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,290	$33,800 – $75,880	230
20	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,280	$42,370 – $96,660	50
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$32,210 – $46,000	180

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fargo, ND-MN. 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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