High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Reno, NV with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Reno, NV 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 Reno, NV run 1.0% above the national average (2024), so a Reno, NV salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Reno, NV · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$122,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,970 – $139,820130
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$82,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,430 – $126,4501,030
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$79,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,610 – $130,060270
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$78,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,750 – $98,160600
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$77,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,160 – $96,1501,090
6Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$76,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,650 – $98,400180
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$74,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,860 – $105,680470
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$71,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,310 – $85,510190
9Maintenance Workers, Machinery$66,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,120 – $98,080120
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$62,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,920 – $81,060150
11Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,090 – $94,700760
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$60,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,810 – $127,930260
13Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$59,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,430 – $99,990140
14Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$51,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $82,010540
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$51,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $78,7803,070
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,730 – $80,4301,580
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$39,630
Some college, no degree
$36,720 – $68,22090
18Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$39,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,960 – $63,270260
19Tire Repairers and Changers$37,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,470 – $49,400200
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,910 – $49,930200

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

#	Occupation	MedianReno, NV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$122,890	$66,970 – $139,820	130
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,800	$55,430 – $126,450	1,030
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$79,480	$54,610 – $130,060	270
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,970	$59,750 – $98,160	600
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,810	$62,160 – $96,150	1,090
6	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,070	$49,650 – $98,400	180
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,110	$52,860 – $105,680	470
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,300	$47,310 – $85,510	190
9	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,320	$50,120 – $98,080	120
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,760	$46,920 – $81,060	150
11	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,940	$47,090 – $94,700	760
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,210	$47,810 – $127,930	260
13	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,800	$48,430 – $99,990	140
14	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,970	$36,240 – $82,010	540
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,310	$37,110 – $78,780	3,070
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,190	$36,730 – $80,430	1,580
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$39,630	$36,720 – $68,220	90
18	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,100	$24,960 – $63,270	260
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,830	$33,470 – $49,400	200
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,610	$29,910 – $49,930	200

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