High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Puerto Rico with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Puerto Rico 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, Puerto Rico · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,750 – $86,810600
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$47,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,380 – $92,4202,980
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$45,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,650 – $87,730610
4Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$40,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,010 – $73,710930
5Maintenance Workers, Machinery$37,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,980 – $61,350360
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$37,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,560 – $58,0002,940
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$33,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,320 – $50,220480
8Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$31,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $46,4901,010
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$31,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$24,010 – $49,5101,140
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$30,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $58,850650
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$29,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $47,620600
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$26,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,680 – $57,120580
13Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$23,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $37,6102,190
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$23,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $37,66012,560
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$22,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,840 – $39,4203,800

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

#	Occupation	MedianPuerto Rico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,050	$51,750 – $86,810	600
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,660	$27,380 – $92,420	2,980
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,100	$23,650 – $87,730	610
4	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,110	$24,010 – $73,710	930
5	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,870	$23,980 – $61,350	360
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,450	$25,560 – $58,000	2,940
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$33,760	$25,320 – $50,220	480
8	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,770	$21,840 – $46,490	1,010
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$31,480	$24,010 – $49,510	1,140
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,260	$21,840 – $58,850	650
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,280	$27,040 – $47,620	600
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,110	$22,680 – $57,120	580
13	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,810	$21,840 – $37,610	2,190
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,220	$21,840 – $37,660	12,560
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$22,680	$21,840 – $39,420	3,800

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Puerto Rico. 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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