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

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Knoxville, 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 Knoxville, TN run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a Knoxville, TN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Knoxville, TN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$99,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,680 – $105,650440
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$75,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,900 – $120,4201,910
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$69,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,540 – $83,0301,560
4Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$67,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,490 – $87,620300
5Millwrights$61,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,050 – $74,310200
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,370 – $91,490410
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,690 – $79,350340
8Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$59,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,170 – $81,750310
9Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$59,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,690 – $79,200190
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$58,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,270 – $79,160420
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,630 – $74,640910
12Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$56,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,120 – $84,8101,470
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,580 – $79,6802,280
14Medical Equipment Repairers$47,530
Associate's degree
$47,500 – $64,650300
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $70,250480
16Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$46,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $64,180150
17Automotive Body and Related Repairers$46,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $76,060520
18Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,900 – $65,2704,640
19Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$39,250
Some college, no degree
$35,870 – $60,020200
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,130 – $53,740370
21Tire Repairers and Changers$35,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,810 – $48,340340

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

#	Occupation	MedianKnoxville, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,780	$58,680 – $105,650	440
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,930	$46,900 – $120,420	1,910
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,140	$48,540 – $83,030	1,560
4	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,300	$44,490 – $87,620	300
5	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,820	$44,050 – $74,310	200
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,580	$46,370 – $91,490	410
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,500	$47,690 – $79,350	340
8	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,970	$46,170 – $81,750	310
9	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,560	$36,690 – $79,200	190
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,090	$39,270 – $79,160	420
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,010	$36,630 – $74,640	910
12	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,780	$39,120 – $84,810	1,470
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,540	$31,580 – $79,680	2,280
14	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$47,530	$47,500 – $64,650	300
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$37,950 – $70,250	480
16	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,660	$31,200 – $64,180	150
17	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,410	$35,130 – $76,060	520
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,170	$33,900 – $65,270	4,640
19	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$39,250	$35,870 – $60,020	200
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,190	$28,130 – $53,740	370
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,440	$22,810 – $48,340	340

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