High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Akron, OH with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Akron, OH that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Akron, OH run 6.6% below the national average (2024), so a Akron, OH salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Akron, OH · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$96,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,530 – $115,930240
2Millwrights$77,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,160 – $82,000100
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$75,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,310 – $128,480100
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,210 – $78,760500
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,640 – $99,550260
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,540 – $82,080900
7Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$61,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,530 – $75,120220
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,240 – $96,690850
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,170 – $77,810790
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$60,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,670 – $92,270180
11Medical Equipment Repairers$60,580
Associate's degree
$37,600 – $79,270190
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$52,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,450 – $78,6901,580
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $75,7703,560
14Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$48,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $63,230100
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,940 – $75,100280
16Maintenance Workers, Machinery$48,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $65,530110
17Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $75,550450
18Tire Repairers and Changers$43,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $57,410330

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

#	Occupation	MedianAkron, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,340	$65,530 – $115,930	240
2	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,570	$52,160 – $82,000	100
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,800	$47,310 – $128,480	100
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,540	$49,210 – $78,760	500
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,960	$47,640 – $99,550	260
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,890	$47,540 – $82,080	900
7	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,280	$48,530 – $75,120	220
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,090	$38,240 – $96,690	850
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,010	$46,170 – $77,810	790
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,910	$47,670 – $92,270	180
11	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$60,580	$37,600 – $79,270	190
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,900	$34,450 – $78,690	1,580
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,420	$34,930 – $75,770	3,560
14	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,720	$32,030 – $63,230	100
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,640	$37,940 – $75,100	280
16	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,640	$37,950 – $65,530	110
17	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$35,980 – $75,550	450
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,900	$34,200 – $57,410	330

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