High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Waco, TX with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Waco, TX 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 Waco, TX run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a Waco, TX salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Waco, TX · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$80,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,810 – $102,960110
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$80,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,720 – $93,020350
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$69,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,380 – $108,140680
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$65,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,020 – $91,49060
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$58,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,570 – $78,130210
6Maintenance Workers, Machinery$58,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,170 – $76,970170
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,110 – $80,220300
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$57,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,440 – $77,180410
9Millwrights$57,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,400 – $81,79050
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$56,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,990 – $68,170100
11Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,440 – $74,010440
12Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians$54,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $67,79040
13Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$48,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,240 – $74,29060
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,610 – $81,320150
15Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,170
Some college, no degree
$29,120 – $57,29040
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,390 – $70,8001,380
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $71,760260
18Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,550 – $78,730730
19Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers$43,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,630 – $48,71050
20Tire Repairers and Changers$35,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,910 – $47,160190
21Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$34,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,880 – $44,580180

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

#	Occupation	MedianWaco, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,610	$51,810 – $102,960	110
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,580	$44,720 – $93,020	350
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,980	$45,380 – $108,140	680
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,610	$50,020 – $91,490	60
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,660	$42,570 – $78,130	210
6	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,400	$37,170 – $76,970	170
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,900	$44,110 – $80,220	300
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,120	$40,440 – $77,180	410
9	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,070	$30,400 – $81,790	50
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,770	$40,990 – $68,170	100
11	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,860	$38,440 – $74,010	440
12	Recreational Vehicle Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,120	$29,640 – $67,790	40
13	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,470	$41,240 – $74,290	60
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,820	$30,610 – $81,320	150
15	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,170	$29,120 – $57,290	40
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,110	$30,390 – $70,800	1,380
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,950	$34,430 – $71,760	260
18	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,790	$29,550 – $78,730	730
19	Manufactured Building and Mobile Home InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,220	$24,630 – $48,710	50
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,120	$29,910 – $47,160	190
21	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,030	$22,880 – $44,580	180

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