High paying repair and maintenance jobs in St. Joseph, MO-KS with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in St. Joseph, MO-KS 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. Joseph, MO-KS run 13.6% below the national average (2024), so a St. Joseph, MO-KS salary is worth about 1.16× 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. Joseph, MO-KS · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$100,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$72,190 – $128,75090
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$85,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,860 – $124,350290
3Maintenance Workers, Machinery$76,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,420 – $82,420120
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$75,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,710 – $97,510110
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,630 – $85,880170
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,920 – $90,07070
7Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$60,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,910 – $64,21030
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,660 – $106,71050
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,460 – $95,020110
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,130 – $72,620830
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,210 – $78,11060
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $79,16090
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,180
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,640 – $75,920330
14Tire Repairers and Changers$36,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,970 – $45,19040

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Joseph, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,340	$72,190 – $128,750	90
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,120	$45,860 – $124,350	290
3	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,530	$59,420 – $82,420	120
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,640	$52,710 – $97,510	110
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,910	$42,630 – $85,880	170
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,820	$47,920 – $90,070	70
7	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,840	$47,910 – $64,210	30
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,390	$44,660 – $106,710	50
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,440	$40,460 – $95,020	110
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,420	$36,130 – $72,620	830
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,850	$33,210 – $78,110	60
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$39,900 – $79,160	90
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,180	$31,640 – $75,920	330
14	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,430	$31,970 – $45,190	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Joseph, MO-KS. 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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