High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Bismarck, ND with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Bismarck, ND 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 Bismarck, ND run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Bismarck, ND salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Bismarck, ND · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$104,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,770 – $125,01090
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$98,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$57,640 – $132,50040
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$89,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$59,170 – $103,60070
4Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$88,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,230 – $111,13050
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$78,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,960 – $114,800230
6Medical Equipment Repairers$74,470
Associate's degree
$50,130 – $99,52050
7Wind Turbine Service Technicians$66,700
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,360 – $102,22070
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$64,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,740 – $98,020200
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,730 – $98,660230
10Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,960 – $106,720170
11Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$57,670
Some college, no degree
$37,780 – $71,06050
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,370 – $100,130130
13Motorcycle Mechanics$57,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,260 – $76,25040
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$56,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,070 – $85,540350
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$53,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,350 – $91,230120
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$49,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,750 – $61,820450
17Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,590 – $97,00040
18Tire Repairers and Changers$40,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,590 – $45,130100

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

#	Occupation	MedianBismarck, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,800	$60,770 – $125,010	90
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$98,950	$57,640 – $132,500	40
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$89,260	$59,170 – $103,600	70
4	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$88,570	$49,230 – $111,130	50
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,740	$52,960 – $114,800	230
6	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$74,470	$50,130 – $99,520	50
7	Wind Turbine Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,700	$51,360 – $102,220	70
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,770	$46,740 – $98,020	200
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,950	$47,730 – $98,660	230
10	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,630	$50,960 – $106,720	170
11	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$57,670	$37,780 – $71,060	50
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,210	$37,370 – $100,130	130
13	Motorcycle MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,160	$38,260 – $76,250	40
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,960	$38,070 – $85,540	350
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,970	$32,350 – $91,230	120
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,060	$35,750 – $61,820	450
17	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$45,590 – $97,000	40
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,290	$32,590 – $45,130	100

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