High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Bangor, ME with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Bangor, ME 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 Bangor, ME run 3.5% below the national average (2024), so a Bangor, ME salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Bangor, ME · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$98,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,080 – $117,890120
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$80,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,930 – $92,76050
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$65,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,630 – $131,01080
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,930 – $77,69080
5Maintenance Workers, Machinery$62,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,390 – $64,48050
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,970 – $80,080210
7Medical Equipment Repairers$60,640
Associate's degree
$41,630 – $95,46040
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,240 – $91,31050
9Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,850 – $80,430270
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,120 – $76,090220
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$57,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $70,470100
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$52,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $67,10090
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,060 – $70,930450
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $68,900600
15Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$46,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $66,94040
16Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians$45,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,560 – $58,98040
17Tire Repairers and Changers$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $46,650100
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$35,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $42,51030

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

#	Occupation	MedianBangor, ME	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,230	$59,080 – $117,890	120
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,900	$55,930 – $92,760	50
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,480	$60,630 – $131,010	80
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,070	$47,930 – $77,690	80
5	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,800	$45,390 – $64,480	50
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,430	$45,970 – $80,080	210
7	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$60,640	$41,630 – $95,460	40
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,440	$48,240 – $91,310	50
9	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,360	$44,850 – $80,430	270
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,470	$45,120 – $76,090	220
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,940	$38,760 – $70,470	100
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,700	$37,380 – $67,100	90
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,170	$37,060 – $70,930	450
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,960	$36,240 – $68,900	600
15	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,720	$37,010 – $66,940	40
16	Recreational Vehicle Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,430	$36,560 – $58,980	40
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$36,110 – $46,650	100
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,870	$31,680 – $42,510	30

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