High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Alaska with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Alaska 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 Alaska run 2.4% above the national average (2024), so a Alaska salary is worth about 0.98× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Alaska.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Alaska · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$97,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,530 – $108,140390
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$96,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,940 – $109,970160
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$95,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$56,150 – $103,280520
4Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$92,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,040 – $139,750490
5Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$91,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,530 – $122,8801,470
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$82,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,800 – $110,0601,430
7Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$79,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,990 – $79,880110
8Medical Equipment Repairers$78,570
Associate's degree
$63,490 – $99,520160
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$77,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,580 – $105,140610
10Industrial Machinery Mechanics$77,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,360 – $109,160860
11Millwrights$76,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,270 – $92,350300
12Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$75,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,000 – $98,610860
13Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$72,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,950 – $102,070160
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$61,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,370 – $81,060270
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$60,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,060 – $94,6001,420
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$60,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $90,9004,590
17Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians$54,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $79,810120
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$46,680
Some college, no degree
$35,170 – $75,670170
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$45,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,970 – $61,800550
20Motorcycle Mechanics$45,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,650 – $69,860220
21Tire Repairers and Changers$43,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,660 – $56,990450

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlaska	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,450	$58,530 – $108,140	390
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$96,390	$60,940 – $109,970	160
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$95,850	$56,150 – $103,280	520
4	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,470	$52,040 – $139,750	490
5	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$91,150	$54,530 – $122,880	1,470
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,670	$58,800 – $110,060	1,430
7	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,870	$49,990 – $79,880	110
8	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$78,570	$63,490 – $99,520	160
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,430	$48,580 – $105,140	610
10	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,390	$47,360 – $109,160	860
11	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,940	$54,270 – $92,350	300
12	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,580	$52,000 – $98,610	860
13	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,520	$55,950 – $102,070	160
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,680	$46,370 – $81,060	270
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,840	$44,060 – $94,600	1,420
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,270	$38,260 – $90,900	4,590
17	Recreational Vehicle Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,410	$31,200 – $79,810	120
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$46,680	$35,170 – $75,670	170
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,740	$31,970 – $61,800	550
20	Motorcycle MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,500	$37,650 – $69,860	220
21	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,330	$34,660 – $56,990	450

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