High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Athens-Clarke County, GA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Athens-Clarke County, GA 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 Athens-Clarke County, GA run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Athens-Clarke County, GA 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, Athens-Clarke County, GA · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$65,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,040 – $76,96060
2Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$56,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,600 – $74,44040
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$56,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,020 – $92,820100
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$52,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,340 – $77,960180
5Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$51,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,520 – $93,600440
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$50,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,570 – $74,610100
7Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,410 – $121,37070
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$48,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,790 – $69,010240
9Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$42,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,230 – $58,350120
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$39,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,150 – $60,9601,830
11Medical Equipment Repairers$37,590
Associate's degree
$37,530 – $85,92030
12Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$29,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,400 – $42,330190
13Tire Repairers and Changers$28,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,810 – $44,37090

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

#	Occupation	MedianAthens-Clarke County, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,250	$41,040 – $76,960	60
2	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,740	$45,600 – $74,440	40
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,460	$42,020 – $92,820	100
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,190	$46,340 – $77,960	180
5	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,170	$31,520 – $93,600	440
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,820	$37,570 – $74,610	100
7	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,400	$35,410 – $121,370	70
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,890	$35,790 – $69,010	240
9	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,450	$31,230 – $58,350	120
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,150	$34,150 – $60,960	1,830
11	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$37,590	$37,530 – $85,920	30
12	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,560	$26,400 – $42,330	190
13	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,930	$26,810 – $44,370	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Athens-Clarke County, GA. 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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