High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Jackson, MS with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Jackson, MS 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 Jackson, MS run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, MS salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Jackson, MS · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$71,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $108,8101,660
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$67,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,510 – $89,870200
3Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$64,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,320 – $99,320530
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,420 – $83,990750
5Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$62,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,490 – $95,24090
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$59,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,370 – $84,290840
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,270 – $91,280370
8Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$58,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $80,550390
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $74,690300
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$55,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,050 – $78,060110
11Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$52,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,380 – $78,730770
12Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$48,790
Some college, no degree
$34,870 – $61,090150
13Millwrights$48,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $76,550200
14Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,170 – $60,980100
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$44,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,740 – $66,6303,310
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$39,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,530 – $69,330140
17Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$38,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,530 – $75,7901,900
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,050 – $45,510280
19Tire Repairers and Changers$35,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $57,690260

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,740	$40,750 – $108,810	1,660
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,750	$40,510 – $89,870	200
3	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,760	$47,320 – $99,320	530
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,470	$39,420 – $83,990	750
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,280	$43,490 – $95,240	90
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,420	$39,370 – $84,290	840
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,400	$37,270 – $91,280	370
8	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,000	$39,520 – $80,550	390
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,410	$34,770 – $74,690	300
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,420	$33,050 – $78,060	110
11	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,060	$36,380 – $78,730	770
12	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$48,790	$34,870 – $61,090	150
13	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,470	$37,030 – $76,550	200
14	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$39,170 – $60,980	100
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,890	$28,740 – $66,630	3,310
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,830	$31,530 – $69,330	140
17	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,040	$29,530 – $75,790	1,900
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,850	$27,050 – $45,510	280
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,390	$28,960 – $57,690	260

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