High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Jefferson City, MO with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Jefferson City, MO 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 Jefferson City, MO run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jefferson City, MO salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Jefferson City, MO · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$96,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,460 – $116,830200
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$77,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,240 – $123,840340
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$62,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $72,77040
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$58,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,840 – $93,99090
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$58,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,040 – $83,200100
6Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$58,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,210 – $88,80040
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,180
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,420 – $107,240190
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$56,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,810 – $73,18030
9Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$55,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,630 – $84,570110
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $75,960110
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$53,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $76,740120
12Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$49,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,790 – $62,15080
13Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$48,450
Some college, no degree
$35,180 – $63,78030
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,930 – $71,370420
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,330 – $71,270900

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

#	Occupation	MedianJefferson City, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,720	$60,460 – $116,830	200
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,250	$49,240 – $123,840	340
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,180	$35,590 – $72,770	40
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,960	$46,840 – $93,990	90
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,840	$44,040 – $83,200	100
6	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,190	$38,210 – $88,800	40
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,180	$38,420 – $107,240	190
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,400	$43,810 – $73,180	30
9	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,080	$42,630 – $84,570	110
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,060	$36,810 – $75,960	110
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,170	$37,840 – $76,740	120
12	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,550	$39,790 – $62,150	80
13	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$48,450	$35,180 – $63,780	30
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,010	$30,930 – $71,370	420
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,320	$32,330 – $71,270	900

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