High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Charleston, WV with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Charleston, WV 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, WV run 11.3% below the national average (2024), so a Charleston, WV salary is worth about 1.13× 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, WV · Employed

1Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$80,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,850 – $93,33080
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$71,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,990 – $85,87040
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$63,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,730 – $88,990160
4Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$61,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,000 – $86,04040
5Maintenance Workers, Machinery$60,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,460 – $91,600160
6Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,610 – $69,07080
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,570 – $79,610320
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$59,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,200 – $89,270310
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$51,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,280 – $80,080350
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$50,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $94,800120
11Medical Equipment Repairers$49,710
Associate's degree
$37,280 – $82,25060
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $60,950110
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $68,21050
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$41,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,260 – $75,920690
15Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$39,690
Some college, no degree
$32,600 – $62,60050
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$39,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $70,3401,120
17Tire Repairers and Changers$32,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,930 – $46,190110

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

#	Occupation	MedianCharleston, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,130	$45,850 – $93,330	80
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,640	$47,990 – $85,870	40
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,560	$44,730 – $88,990	160
4	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,650	$34,000 – $86,040	40
5	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,920	$47,460 – $91,600	160
6	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,440	$41,610 – $69,070	80
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,920	$39,570 – $79,610	320
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,010	$45,200 – $89,270	310
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,510	$37,280 – $80,080	350
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,350	$35,900 – $94,800	120
11	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$49,710	$37,280 – $82,250	60
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$36,940 – $60,950	110
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,700	$34,320 – $68,210	50
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,390	$29,260 – $75,920	690
15	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$39,690	$32,600 – $62,600	50
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,350	$29,140 – $70,340	1,120
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,770	$28,930 – $46,190	110

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