High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Tulsa, OK with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Tulsa, OK 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 Tulsa, OK run 10.8% below the national average (2024), so a Tulsa, OK salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Tulsa, OK · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$80,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,020 – $118,490740
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$78,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,310 – $130,6003,170
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,210 – $90,2801,960
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,670 – $79,870690
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,170 – $78,3901,620
6Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$58,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,810 – $93,030300
7Maintenance Workers, Machinery$58,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $77,940540
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,870 – $79,170980
9Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$55,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $96,730230
10Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$51,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,100 – $62,090310
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$50,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,370 – $76,710510
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,920 – $76,720630
13Medical Equipment Repairers$49,330
Associate's degree
$35,930 – $72,710290
14Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$48,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,930 – $74,520510
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,540 – $83,4602,430
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,670 – $69,8904,340
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,240 – $77,180330
18Tire Repairers and Changers$35,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $48,980440
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$34,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,120 – $45,790520

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

#	Occupation	MedianTulsa, OK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,880	$49,020 – $118,490	740
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,720	$46,310 – $130,600	3,170
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,010	$46,210 – $90,280	1,960
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,120	$40,670 – $79,870	690
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,750	$37,170 – $78,390	1,620
6	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,450	$39,810 – $93,030	300
7	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,280	$40,700 – $77,940	540
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,730	$39,870 – $79,170	980
9	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,220	$38,020 – $96,730	230
10	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,450	$31,100 – $62,090	310
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,310	$44,370 – $76,710	510
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,390	$32,920 – $76,720	630
13	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$49,330	$35,930 – $72,710	290
14	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,580	$37,930 – $74,520	510
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,410	$29,540 – $83,460	2,430
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$30,670 – $69,890	4,340
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$31,240 – $77,180	330
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,550	$30,750 – $48,980	440
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,490	$21,120 – $45,790	520

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Tulsa, OK. 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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