High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Manhattan, KS with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Manhattan, KS 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 Manhattan, KS run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Manhattan, KS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Manhattan, KS · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$103,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,600 – $120,38050
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$74,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,150 – $123,650260
3Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$66,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,740 – $77,36090
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$66,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $78,52080
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,460 – $76,960180
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,850 – $79,37040
7Automotive Body and Related Repairers$59,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,120 – $109,70050
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,670 – $82,040150
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$54,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,370 – $72,71070
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $64,230570
11Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,780 – $60,99050
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$44,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,440 – $74,400240

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

#	Occupation	MedianManhattan, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,540	$45,600 – $120,380	50
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,230	$49,150 – $123,650	260
3	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,600	$47,740 – $77,360	90
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,170	$44,550 – $78,520	80
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,910	$46,460 – $76,960	180
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,320	$44,850 – $79,370	40
7	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,260	$43,120 – $109,700	50
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,000	$40,670 – $82,040	150
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,010	$40,370 – $72,710	70
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,370	$30,750 – $64,230	570
11	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$34,780 – $60,990	50
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,410	$30,440 – $74,400	240

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