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

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Jackson, TN 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, TN run 14.5% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, TN salary is worth about 1.17× 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

Find repair jobs in Jackson, TN

OccupationMedian, Jackson, TN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$80,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,970 – $100,380110
2Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$76,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,540 – $91,49050
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$76,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,950 – $95,250630
4First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$75,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,690 – $116,900460
5Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$69,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,400 – $102,91080
6Maintenance Workers, Machinery$62,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,780 – $76,00050
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,440 – $79,83050
8Millwrights$59,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,760 – $66,11040
9Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$59,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,060 – $79,970120
10Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$58,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,490 – $75,230110
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$58,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,570 – $76,94040
12Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$55,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,610 – $72,610210
13Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$54,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,540 – $77,370260
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,640 – $77,800520
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $65,1401,040
16Automotive Body and Related Repairers$45,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,300 – $73,890120
17Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$45,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,060 – $62,53060
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $51,18080

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,940	$53,970 – $100,380	110
2	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,480	$47,540 – $91,490	50
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,260	$46,950 – $95,250	630
4	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,860	$48,690 – $116,900	460
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$69,950	$48,400 – $102,910	80
6	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,890	$40,780 – $76,000	50
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,830	$48,440 – $79,830	50
8	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,670	$42,760 – $66,110	40
9	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,160	$45,060 – $79,970	120
10	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,950	$35,490 – $75,230	110
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,310	$40,570 – $76,940	40
12	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,690	$39,610 – $72,610	210
13	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,150	$39,540 – $77,370	260
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,910	$31,640 – $77,800	520
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,080	$32,220 – $65,140	1,040
16	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,770	$33,300 – $73,890	120
17	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,480	$34,060 – $62,530	60
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,920	$29,640 – $51,180	80

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

More for Jackson, TN

Other metro areas in TN

By field in Jackson, TN

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Jackson, TN to rank honestly.

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

More for Jackson, TN

Other metro areas in TN

By field in Jackson, TN

Without a degree

High paying repair and maintenance jobs in each state with no degree