High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Rocky Mount, NC with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Rocky Mount, 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 Rocky Mount, NC run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rocky Mount, NC salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Rocky Mount, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$71,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,440 – $107,470260
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$62,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $103,31070
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,750 – $77,240400
4Maintenance Workers, Machinery$60,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,730 – $84,65090
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$55,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,430 – $76,130130
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,940 – $70,980150
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$52,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,670 – $78,10070
8Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $77,22060
9Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$44,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,210 – $64,590520
10Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$41,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,000 – $59,30040
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$38,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,460 – $74,620300

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

#	Occupation	MedianRocky Mount, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,910	$48,440 – $107,470	260
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,860	$38,700 – $103,310	70
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,910	$46,750 – $77,240	400
4	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,670	$39,730 – $84,650	90
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,890	$40,430 – $76,130	130
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,690	$37,940 – $70,980	150
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,640	$41,670 – $78,100	70
8	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$34,580 – $77,220	60
9	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,480	$28,210 – $64,590	520
10	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,620	$31,000 – $59,300	40
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,880	$30,460 – $74,620	300

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Rocky Mount, 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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