High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Urban Honolulu, HI 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 Urban Honolulu, HI run 11.0% above the national average (2024), so a Urban Honolulu, HI salary is worth about 0.90× 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, Urban Honolulu, HI · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$135,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$74,720 – $144,170450
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$90,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,300 – $133,8302,430
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$90,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$65,410 – $140,920870
4Riggers$87,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,380 – $96,350170
5Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$85,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$59,840 – $102,320340
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$85,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,400 – $99,790540
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$81,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,740 – $119,790720
8Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$81,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,210 – $106,310350
9Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$79,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,630 – $119,240540
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$79,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,530 – $96,970580
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$77,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,260 – $103,190870
12Medical Equipment Repairers$69,090
Associate's degree
$52,550 – $101,800220
13Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$65,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,120 – $99,1001,060
14Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$63,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,210 – $100,670330
15Automotive Body and Related Repairers$60,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,960 – $90,830300
16Home Appliance Repairers$58,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $63,430140
17Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$55,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $80,1405,120
18Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,150 – $79,9301,720
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,730 – $62,060430
20Tire Repairers and Changers$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $66,210140

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

#	Occupation	MedianUrban Honolulu, HI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$135,080	$74,720 – $144,170	450
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$90,400	$56,300 – $133,830	2,430
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$90,110	$65,410 – $140,920	870
4	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,570	$63,380 – $96,350	170
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$85,420	$59,840 – $102,320	340
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,040	$59,400 – $99,790	540
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,120	$51,740 – $119,790	720
8	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,120	$55,210 – $106,310	350
9	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,810	$60,630 – $119,240	540
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$79,090	$51,530 – $96,970	580
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,560	$52,260 – $103,190	870
12	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$69,090	$52,550 – $101,800	220
13	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,450	$43,120 – $99,100	1,060
14	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,090	$50,210 – $100,670	330
15	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,540	$42,960 – $90,830	300
16	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,300	$39,520 – $63,430	140
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,280	$37,590 – $80,140	5,120
18	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,020	$35,150 – $79,930	1,720
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$37,730 – $62,060	430
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$36,610 – $66,210	140

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Urban Honolulu, HI. 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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