High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Lexington-Fayette, KY with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Lexington-Fayette, KY 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY run 7.1% below the national average (2024), so a Lexington-Fayette, KY 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, Lexington-Fayette, KY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,880 – $117,0001,280
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,770 – $100,720600
3Maintenance Workers, Machinery$74,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,550 – $154,290220
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$66,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,630 – $94,670210
5Millwrights$66,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,550 – $86,640140
6Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$64,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,480 – $64,290270
7Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$62,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,240 – $90,280200
8Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$61,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,610 – $72,720160
9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,320 – $80,590870
10Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,210 – $80,280240
11Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$60,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,470 – $81,180740
12Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$57,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,380 – $101,51090
13Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,210 – $80,690390
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$48,700
Some college, no degree
$37,280 – $64,090140
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $71,020120
16Automotive Body and Related Repairers$46,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,720 – $81,450200
17Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,550 – $74,6201,530
18Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$44,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,760 – $71,2303,220
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,600 – $52,340110
20Tire Repairers and Changers$36,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,480 – $52,440210

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

#	Occupation	MedianLexington-Fayette, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,270	$47,880 – $117,000	1,280
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,700	$47,770 – $100,720	600
3	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,610	$51,550 – $154,290	220
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,750	$41,630 – $94,670	210
5	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,240	$46,550 – $86,640	140
6	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,290	$48,480 – $64,290	270
7	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,800	$48,240 – $90,280	200
8	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,790	$45,610 – $72,720	160
9	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,320	$46,320 – $80,590	870
10	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,040	$44,210 – $80,280	240
11	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,280	$37,470 – $81,180	740
12	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,910	$36,380 – $101,510	90
13	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,470	$44,210 – $80,690	390
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$48,700	$37,280 – $64,090	140
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,330	$36,400 – $71,020	120
16	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,170	$28,720 – $81,450	200
17	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,080	$31,550 – $74,620	1,530
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,910	$33,760 – $71,230	3,220
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,030	$30,600 – $52,340	110
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,360	$29,480 – $52,440	210

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lexington-Fayette, KY. 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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