High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Gainesville, FL with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Gainesville, FL 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 Gainesville, FL run 3.3% below the national average (2024), so a Gainesville, FL salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Gainesville, FL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$102,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,610 – $105,090110
2Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$78,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,360 – $94,060160
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$74,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,300 – $104,040510
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$63,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,150 – $77,00050
5Medical Equipment Repairers$61,700
Associate's degree
$38,510 – $76,83070
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,300 – $78,770150
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$59,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,160 – $80,150140
8Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$58,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,840 – $114,36060
9Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$58,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,470 – $84,040110
10Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,670
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,070 – $75,240480
11Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$55,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $94,86050
12Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$54,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,730 – $90,52060
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,020 – $92,110130
14Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$52,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $72,40060
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,930 – $76,980800
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,760 – $69,1601,740
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$42,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $64,530160
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $47,13060
19Tire Repairers and Changers$33,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $49,380110

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

#	Occupation	MedianGainesville, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,650	$47,610 – $105,090	110
2	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,420	$45,360 – $94,060	160
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,510	$46,300 – $104,040	510
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,540	$35,150 – $77,000	50
5	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$61,700	$38,510 – $76,830	70
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,260	$46,300 – $78,770	150
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,290	$44,160 – $80,150	140
8	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,840	$44,840 – $114,360	60
9	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,710	$47,470 – $84,040	110
10	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,670	$36,070 – $75,240	480
11	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,420	$35,720 – $94,860	50
12	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,900	$40,730 – $90,520	60
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,300	$36,020 – $92,110	130
14	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,880	$37,840 – $72,400	60
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,460	$32,930 – $76,980	800
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,560	$33,760 – $69,160	1,740
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,830	$36,410 – $64,530	160
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,550	$27,040 – $47,130	60
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,210	$28,970 – $49,380	110

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