High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Raleigh-Cary, NC with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Raleigh-Cary, NC 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 Raleigh-Cary, NC run 1.8% below the national average (2024), so a Raleigh-Cary, NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Raleigh-Cary, NC · Employed

1Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$91,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$64,020 – $141,030330
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$78,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,930 – $105,610550
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$76,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,760 – $114,1303,120
4Maintenance Workers, Machinery$67,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,420 – $93,880390
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$66,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,330 – $95,3601,020
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,430 – $82,6801,360
7Medical Equipment Repairers$61,840
Associate's degree
$37,470 – $95,580470
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,970 – $90,980600
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,750 – $77,2101,070
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$59,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,170 – $76,050600
11Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,160 – $77,8302,550
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$51,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,320 – $92,470650
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,650 – $83,2103,650
14Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$50,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,890 – $80,110360
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$49,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $72,8306,330
16Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$49,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,120 – $64,550270
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$49,030
Some college, no degree
$37,590 – $66,830600
18Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $73,970630
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,890 – $49,460710
20Tire Repairers and Changers$34,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,340 – $47,840520

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

#	Occupation	MedianRaleigh-Cary, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$91,600	$64,020 – $141,030	330
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,930	$43,930 – $105,610	550
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,450	$48,760 – $114,130	3,120
4	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,040	$47,420 – $93,880	390
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,600	$48,330 – $95,360	1,020
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,080	$46,430 – $82,680	1,360
7	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$61,840	$37,470 – $95,580	470
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,570	$48,970 – $90,980	600
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,310	$46,750 – $77,210	1,070
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,580	$38,170 – $76,050	600
11	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,900	$39,160 – $77,830	2,550
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,130	$38,320 – $92,470	650
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,600	$34,650 – $83,210	3,650
14	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,020	$40,890 – $80,110	360
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,870	$36,550 – $72,830	6,330
16	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,250	$33,120 – $64,550	270
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$49,030	$37,590 – $66,830	600
18	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,240	$35,920 – $73,970	630
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,680	$30,890 – $49,460	710
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,970	$29,340 – $47,840	520

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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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