High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$94,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,040 – $106,840950
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$75,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,300 – $117,6505,610
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$71,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,110 – $127,5201,050
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$63,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,480 – $82,7901,290
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,110 – $80,5301,440
6Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$61,530
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,480 – $78,000530
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,950 – $78,1201,910
8Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$61,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,610 – $77,9701,110
9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$60,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,740 – $87,6202,770
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,670 – $79,1901,890
11Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$54,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $77,720610
12Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$50,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,620 – $75,3006,090
13Medical Equipment Repairers$49,150
Associate's degree
$37,150 – $90,150630
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $95,7301,120
15Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$48,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $62,150450
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,050 – $79,6207,380
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $62,5901,950
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$46,280
Some college, no degree
$35,990 – $62,040520
19Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $66,36014,380
20Mechanical Door Repairers$40,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $81,410500
21Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,720 – $50,350670
22Tire Repairers and Changers$34,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,790 – $46,250980

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

#	Occupation	MedianTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,510	$59,040 – $106,840	950
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,880	$48,300 – $117,650	5,610
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,510	$27,110 – $127,520	1,050
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,050	$44,480 – $82,790	1,290
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,950	$42,110 – $80,530	1,440
6	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,530	$42,480 – $78,000	530
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,060	$44,950 – $78,120	1,910
8	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,040	$40,610 – $77,970	1,110
9	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,970	$40,740 – $87,620	2,770
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,460	$46,670 – $79,190	1,890
11	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,470	$37,660 – $77,720	610
12	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,540	$39,620 – $75,300	6,090
13	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$49,150	$37,150 – $90,150	630
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,080	$36,930 – $95,730	1,120
15	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,790	$37,590 – $62,150	450
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,880	$31,050 – $79,620	7,380
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,650	$36,900 – $62,590	1,950
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$46,280	$35,990 – $62,040	520
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,020	$33,280 – $66,360	14,380
20	Mechanical Door RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,880	$37,470 – $81,410	500
21	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,470	$31,720 – $50,350	670
22	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,800	$30,790 – $46,250	980

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 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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