High paying repair and maintenance jobs in St. Cloud, MN with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in St. Cloud, MN 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 St. Cloud, MN run 12.4% below the national average (2024), so a St. Cloud, MN 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, St. Cloud, MN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$99,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$78,270 – $116,10080
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$81,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,450 – $120,470350
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$78,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,920 – $94,690220
4Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$74,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,580 – $98,160250
5Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$69,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,130 – $90,93060
6Maintenance Workers, Machinery$64,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,780 – $82,03060
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$64,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,280 – $81,940330
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,610 – $78,780210
9Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$60,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,380 – $79,78040
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$59,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,940 – $78,940140
11Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$56,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $74,100160
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$56,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $74,5901,140
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$55,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $71,72060
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$53,160
Some college, no degree
$39,300 – $65,83050
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,270 – $76,570640
16Tire Repairers and Changers$44,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $60,16060

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Cloud, MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,470	$78,270 – $116,100	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,590	$59,450 – $120,470	350
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,360	$55,920 – $94,690	220
4	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,420	$46,580 – $98,160	250
5	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,820	$49,130 – $90,930	60
6	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,710	$43,780 – $82,030	60
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,410	$48,280 – $81,940	330
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,030	$53,610 – $78,780	210
9	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,650	$47,380 – $79,780	40
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,220	$37,940 – $78,940	140
11	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,680	$45,760 – $74,100	160
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,120	$36,260 – $74,590	1,140
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,790	$39,260 – $71,720	60
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$53,160	$39,300 – $65,830	50
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,490	$37,270 – $76,570	640
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,610	$36,860 – $60,160	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Cloud, MN. 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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