High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$96,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,590 – $111,1801,370
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$78,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,740 – $134,5606,460
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$77,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,660 – $120,84011,870
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,440 – $83,2301,970
5Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$64,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $82,6401,280
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$62,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,060 – $94,7703,810
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,740 – $90,9503,760
8Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$61,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,000 – $79,770960
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,440 – $88,4404,240
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $76,5902,220
11Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$59,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,630 – $78,5101,670
12Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,520 – $80,2209,140
13Home Appliance Repairers$57,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,050 – $81,360880
14Medical Equipment Repairers$56,150
Associate's degree
$38,750 – $94,9501,140
15Automotive Body and Related Repairers$51,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,750 – $100,4402,430
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,360 – $81,49011,970
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,380 – $63,2204,290
18Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,210 – $72,62031,890
19Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$43,960
Some college, no degree
$36,170 – $61,6201,130
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,290 – $49,5501,460
21Tire Repairers and Changers$35,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,770 – $59,3601,660

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,240	$51,590 – $111,180	1,370
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,260	$46,740 – $134,560	6,460
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,310	$48,660 – $120,840	11,870
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,820	$48,440 – $83,230	1,970
5	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,120	$38,500 – $82,640	1,280
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,230	$47,060 – $94,770	3,810
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,620	$43,740 – $90,950	3,760
8	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,430	$39,000 – $79,770	960
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,340	$44,440 – $88,440	4,240
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,560	$37,470 – $76,590	2,220
11	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,490	$37,630 – $78,510	1,670
12	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,040	$39,520 – $80,220	9,140
13	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,030	$31,050 – $81,360	880
14	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$56,150	$38,750 – $94,950	1,140
15	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,680	$38,750 – $100,440	2,430
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,550	$34,360 – $81,490	11,970
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,760	$35,380 – $63,220	4,290
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,290	$35,210 – $72,620	31,890
19	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$43,960	$36,170 – $61,620	1,130
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,990	$32,290 – $49,550	1,460
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,400	$28,770 – $59,360	1,660

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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