High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Madison, WI with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Madison, WI 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 Madison, WI run 2.7% below the national average (2024), so a Madison, WI salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Madison, WI · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$104,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,600 – $121,000360
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$84,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,970 – $129,4201,400
3Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$82,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,790 – $118,690130
4Medical Equipment Repairers$76,020
Associate's degree
$50,640 – $120,990210
5Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$75,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,510 – $93,290220
6Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$74,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,410 – $98,670170
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$68,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,340 – $92,670230
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,700 – $88,110930
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,500 – $81,160840
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$63,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,210 – $78,940130
11Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$63,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,450 – $100,9001,020
12Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$62,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,820 – $89,860280
13Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$61,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,000 – $76,210180
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$60,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,440 – $81,4901,270
15Automotive Body and Related Repairers$58,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,960 – $79,090270
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,350 – $76,6503,790
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$52,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,470 – $76,000290
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$50,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,150 – $53,920230
19Tire Repairers and Changers$42,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,880 – $47,810150

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

#	Occupation	MedianMadison, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,220	$47,600 – $121,000	360
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,950	$57,970 – $129,420	1,400
3	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,960	$60,790 – $118,690	130
4	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$76,020	$50,640 – $120,990	210
5	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,640	$50,510 – $93,290	220
6	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,030	$38,410 – $98,670	170
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,610	$54,340 – $92,670	230
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,620	$49,700 – $88,110	930
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,850	$45,500 – $81,160	840
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,240	$49,210 – $78,940	130
11	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,150	$45,450 – $100,900	1,020
12	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,030	$49,820 – $89,860	280
13	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,000	$32,000 – $76,210	180
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,650	$37,440 – $81,490	1,270
15	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,490	$39,960 – $79,090	270
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,330	$37,350 – $76,650	3,790
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,820	$41,470 – $76,000	290
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,170	$37,150 – $53,920	230
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,940	$37,880 – $47,810	150

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