High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Iowa City, IA with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Iowa City, IA 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 Iowa City, IA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Iowa City, IA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Iowa City, IA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$103,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,690 – $111,63040
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$74,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,180 – $110,040290
3Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$64,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,770 – $78,810150
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,550 – $86,07070
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,810 – $88,990110
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$62,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,540 – $80,87070
7Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$60,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,890 – $78,71080
8Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$60,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,490 – $102,96040
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,320 – $76,290120
10Medical Equipment Repairers$59,280
Associate's degree
$42,270 – $82,01050
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$59,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,550 – $109,990100
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$51,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,310 – $73,530100
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,470 – $77,400360
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,400 – $69,520710
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$34,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,440 – $45,90050

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

#	Occupation	MedianIowa City, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,000	$67,690 – $111,630	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,880	$49,180 – $110,040	290
3	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,440	$44,770 – $78,810	150
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,740	$51,550 – $86,070	70
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,490	$46,810 – $88,990	110
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,870	$39,540 – $80,870	70
7	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,950	$46,890 – $78,710	80
8	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,890	$45,490 – $102,960	40
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,150	$45,320 – $76,290	120
10	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$59,280	$42,270 – $82,010	50
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,070	$39,550 – $109,990	100
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,590	$40,310 – $73,530	100
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,960	$36,470 – $77,400	360
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$34,400 – $69,520	710
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,650	$26,440 – $45,900	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Iowa City, IA. 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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