High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Lima, OH with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Lima, OH 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 Lima, OH run 10.3% below the national average (2024), so a Lima, OH salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Lima, OH · Employed

1Millwrights$82,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,870 – $91,64090
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,600 – $109,920210
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$74,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,580 – $93,570180
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$67,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,390 – $84,99040
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,570 – $85,050210
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$60,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,210 – $77,530160
7Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$59,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,130 – $72,91050
8Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,760 – $84,510620
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,010 – $64,49060
10Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$45,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,450 – $77,210270
11Tire Repairers and Changers$40,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,140 – $55,08050

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

#	Occupation	MedianLima, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,640	$60,870 – $91,640	90
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,820	$47,600 – $109,920	210
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,470	$47,580 – $93,570	180
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,380	$40,390 – $84,990	40
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,450	$46,570 – $85,050	210
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,950	$39,210 – $77,530	160
7	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,600	$43,130 – $72,910	50
8	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,180	$36,760 – $84,510	620
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$30,010 – $64,490	60
10	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,740	$34,450 – $77,210	270
11	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,510	$28,140 – $55,080	50

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