High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Goldsboro, NC with no degree
The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Goldsboro, NC 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 Goldsboro, NC run 11.5% below the national average (2024), so a Goldsboro, NC salary is worth about 1.13× 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
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,920 – $111,22040Postsecondary nondegree award
$72,570 – $92,140120High school diploma or equivalent
$46,190 – $110,090220High school diploma or equivalent
$39,780 – $71,070180High school diploma or equivalent
$40,530 – $71,70040High school diploma or equivalent
$46,120 – $71,50040High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $60,78080Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,860 – $70,970160High school diploma or equivalent
$32,600 – $76,07050High school diploma or equivalent
$35,500 – $60,80050Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,730 – $74,230260High school diploma or equivalent
$28,240 – $61,560380
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianGoldsboro, NC | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $85,900 | $55,920 – $111,220 | 40 |
| 2 | Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award | $81,640 | $72,570 – $92,140 | 120 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $77,360 | $46,190 – $110,090 | 220 |
| 4 | Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $60,200 | $39,780 – $71,070 | 180 |
| 5 | Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $60,200 | $40,530 – $71,700 | 40 |
| 6 | Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent | $58,650 | $46,120 – $71,500 | 40 |
| 7 | Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $53,980 | $39,520 – $60,780 | 80 |
| 8 | Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award | $51,540 | $35,860 – $70,970 | 160 |
| 9 | Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent | $49,360 | $32,600 – $76,070 | 50 |
| 10 | Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $45,320 | $35,500 – $60,800 | 50 |
| 11 | Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award | $43,970 | $29,730 – $74,230 | 260 |
| 12 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent | $42,700 | $28,240 – $61,560 | 380 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Goldsboro, NC. 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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