High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC run 1.0% above the national average (2024), so a Charleston-North Charleston, SC salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC · Employed

1Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$88,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$53,470 – $101,610130
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$81,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$65,820 – $93,160380
3Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$75,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,820 – $98,680300
4Maintenance Workers, Machinery$75,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,340 – $91,300140
5Automotive Body and Related Repairers$63,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,790 – $78,110660
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,720 – $83,200470
7Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$61,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $78,510180
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,550 – $79,340540
9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$60,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,940 – $79,9201,350
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$59,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,270 – $80,680150
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,760 – $92,060400
12Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,280 – $77,0601,270
13Riggers$51,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,060 – $72,020210
14Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$49,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,180 – $62,450240
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,880 – $79,4802,510
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $75,9804,460
17Medical Equipment Repairers$48,440
Associate's degree
$17,750 – $75,000160
18Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $90,390290
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,850 – $52,520340
20Tire Repairers and Changers$36,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,760 – $46,700260

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

#	Occupation	MedianCharleston-North Charleston, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$88,130	$53,470 – $101,610	130
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,690	$65,820 – $93,160	380
3	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,570	$49,820 – $98,680	300
4	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,190	$52,340 – $91,300	140
5	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,080	$48,790 – $78,110	660
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,080	$45,720 – $83,200	470
7	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,960	$37,750 – $78,510	180
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,000	$46,550 – $79,340	540
9	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,950	$43,940 – $79,920	1,350
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,790	$49,270 – $80,680	150
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,730	$45,760 – $92,060	400
12	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,410	$40,280 – $77,060	1,270
13	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,020	$47,060 – $72,020	210
14	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,620	$31,180 – $62,450	240
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,120	$34,880 – $79,480	2,510
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,540	$35,970 – $75,980	4,460
17	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$48,440	$17,750 – $75,000	160
18	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$35,930 – $90,390	290
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,130	$30,850 – $52,520	340
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,220	$30,760 – $46,700	260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. 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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