High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 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 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$107,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$76,390 – $120,250300
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$80,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,160 – $99,270250
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$77,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,110 – $93,720360
4Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$74,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,210 – $108,630130
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$73,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,740 – $90,3301,510
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,920 – $82,930280
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$64,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,420 – $81,280880
8Millwrights$63,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,160 – $82,030150
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$63,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,400 – $94,5801,000
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$61,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $76,640300
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$57,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,600 – $81,9701,830
12Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$56,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,050 – $83,110180
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,880 – $86,930550
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $78,4903,780
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $71,240300
16Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$47,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $62,270120
17Tire Repairers and Changers$38,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,250 – $49,120190

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

#	Occupation	MedianAllentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$107,500	$76,390 – $120,250	300
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,390	$50,160 – $99,270	250
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,800	$48,110 – $93,720	360
4	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,770	$49,210 – $108,630	130
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,390	$48,740 – $90,330	1,510
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,390	$49,920 – $82,930	280
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,110	$47,420 – $81,280	880
8	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,950	$51,160 – $82,030	150
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,130	$48,400 – $94,580	1,000
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,280	$38,620 – $76,640	300
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,810	$36,600 – $81,970	1,830
12	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,550	$41,050 – $83,110	180
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,330	$37,880 – $86,930	550
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,880	$36,620 – $78,490	3,780
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,210	$32,220 – $71,240	300
16	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,390	$35,940 – $62,270	120
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,700	$32,250 – $49,120	190

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. 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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