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

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Johnson City, 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 Johnson City, TN run 12.1% below the national average (2024), so a Johnson City, TN 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, Johnson City, TN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$96,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,010 – $96,53040
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$57,090 – $79,69050
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$70,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $111,720300
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$60,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,450 – $85,74030
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$58,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,710 – $73,09060
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$55,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,090 – $78,780210
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$53,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,620 – $78,99060
8Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,070 – $78,430450
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$48,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,260 – $70,050230
10Home Appliance Repairers$47,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,210 – $57,15040
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$44,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,490 – $68,76080
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$44,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,070 – $64,600810
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$43,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,400 – $62,45090
14Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$34,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,540 – $53,03070
15Tire Repairers and Changers$34,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,120 – $45,61060

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

#	Occupation	MedianJohnson City, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,530	$57,010 – $96,530	40
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,750	$57,090 – $79,690	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,700	$45,760 – $111,720	300
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,200	$49,450 – $85,740	30
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,020	$43,710 – $73,090	60
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,750	$42,090 – $78,780	210
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,290	$37,620 – $78,990	60
8	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,830	$31,070 – $78,430	450
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,010	$37,260 – $70,050	230
10	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,620	$37,210 – $57,150	40
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,990	$31,490 – $68,760	80
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,290	$30,070 – $64,600	810
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,150	$29,400 – $62,450	90
14	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,990	$26,540 – $53,030	70
15	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,660	$27,120 – $45,610	60

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

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