High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Cedar Rapids, IA 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 Cedar Rapids, IA run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a Cedar Rapids, IA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Cedar Rapids, IA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$103,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$75,970 – $109,980100
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$73,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,980 – $100,710530
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$72,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,240 – $81,060230
4Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$72,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,800 – $106,100100
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$66,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,240 – $91,420280
6Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$62,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,940 – $93,890210
7Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$62,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,460 – $77,37060
8Millwrights$60,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,500 – $78,22060
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$60,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,770 – $87,900380
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,310 – $88,090490
11Medical Equipment Repairers$55,300
Associate's degree
$34,910 – $70,32070
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$51,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $85,4801,260
13Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians$51,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $78,79050
14Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$50,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $86,350160
15Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,970 – $79,470130
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,250 – $74,250650
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,280 – $71,730180
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,260 – $55,750100
19Tire Repairers and Changers$36,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,480 – $48,430100

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

#	Occupation	MedianCedar Rapids, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,080	$75,970 – $109,980	100
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,800	$47,980 – $100,710	530
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,920	$46,240 – $81,060	230
4	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,140	$47,800 – $106,100	100
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,570	$51,240 – $91,420	280
6	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,940	$62,940 – $93,890	210
7	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,690	$45,460 – $77,370	60
8	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,900	$50,500 – $78,220	60
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,680	$43,770 – $87,900	380
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,010	$46,310 – $88,090	490
11	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$55,300	$34,910 – $70,320	70
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,880	$36,610 – $85,480	1,260
13	Recreational Vehicle Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,480	$37,440 – $78,790	50
14	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,840	$39,030 – $86,350	160
15	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,910	$41,970 – $79,470	130
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,890	$36,250 – $74,250	650
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,380	$35,280 – $71,730	180
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,160	$26,260 – $55,750	100
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,720	$30,480 – $48,430	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cedar Rapids, IA. 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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