High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA run 8.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA salary is worth about 0.92× 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, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$91,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,720 – $138,260530
2Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$78,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,550 – $120,430260
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$78,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,910 – $135,58080
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$77,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,960 – $95,730160
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$75,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,560 – $103,140110
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$70,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,360 – $93,040210
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$67,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,210 – $96,140200
8Automotive Body and Related Repairers$63,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,570 – $81,260120
9Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$61,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,760 – $90,190700
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,280 – $79,1501,980
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,420 – $72,520260
12Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$46,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,970 – $79,120170
13Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$42,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,080 – $50,350100
14Tire Repairers and Changers$37,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $48,890120

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,050	$55,720 – $138,260	530
2	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,640	$48,550 – $120,430	260
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,470	$47,910 – $135,580	80
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,560	$45,960 – $95,730	160
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,690	$49,560 – $103,140	110
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,060	$38,360 – $93,040	210
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,890	$49,210 – $96,140	200
8	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,360	$44,570 – $81,260	120
9	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,110	$36,760 – $90,190	700
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,780	$38,280 – $79,150	1,980
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,460	$36,420 – $72,520	260
12	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,970	$36,970 – $79,120	170
13	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,680	$37,080 – $50,350	100
14	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,740	$35,620 – $48,890	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. 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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