High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Peoria, IL with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Peoria, IL 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 Peoria, IL run 8.8% below the national average (2024), so a Peoria, IL salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Peoria, IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$82,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,980 – $123,820590
2Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$78,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,100 – $105,450370
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$77,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,700 – $98,980110
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$74,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,610 – $97,270880
5Medical Equipment Repairers$67,600
Associate's degree
$39,540 – $98,34090
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $82,320180
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,690 – $93,600250
8Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$62,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,520 – $99,620160
9Millwrights$61,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,210 – $85,61060
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,850 – $94,570140
11Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$59,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,410 – $97,140100
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$56,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,100 – $81,330150
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$50,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $77,7001,680
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$50,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $75,960150
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,780 – $82,2101,040
16Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,750
Some college, no degree
$35,420 – $68,550100
17Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$42,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $50,14060
18Tire Repairers and Changers$38,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,130 – $47,32090

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

#	Occupation	MedianPeoria, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,470	$51,980 – $123,820	590
2	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,710	$47,100 – $105,450	370
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,540	$46,700 – $98,980	110
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,780	$48,610 – $97,270	880
5	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$67,600	$39,540 – $98,340	90
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,150	$39,030 – $82,320	180
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,850	$44,690 – $93,600	250
8	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,300	$37,520 – $99,620	160
9	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,870	$40,210 – $85,610	60
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,900	$38,850 – $94,570	140
11	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,680	$47,410 – $97,140	100
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,230	$39,100 – $81,330	150
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,820	$34,320 – $77,700	1,680
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,000	$36,260 – $75,960	150
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,750	$33,780 – $82,210	1,040
16	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,750	$35,420 – $68,550	100
17	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,690	$31,200 – $50,140	60
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,570	$36,130 – $47,320	90

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