High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN run 4.6% below the national average (2024), so a Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$93,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,860 – $119,070730
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$85,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,650 – $132,0001,370
3Maintenance Workers, Machinery$79,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,610 – $162,980940
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$76,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,470 – $91,550880
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$70,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,740 – $93,4505,150
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,250 – $82,7701,230
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,780 – $79,8102,300
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,750 – $96,4002,950
9Medical Equipment Repairers$61,540
Associate's degree
$38,350 – $95,640560
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$57,980
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,380 – $86,500640
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$56,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $77,39012,140
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$50,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,960 – $77,2101,170
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,090 – $80,8204,520
14Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $65,180770
15Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,770
Some college, no degree
$36,480 – $77,880540
16Tire Repairers and Changers$39,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,620 – $57,370770

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

#	Occupation	MedianCincinnati, OH-KY-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$93,150	$60,860 – $119,070	730
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$85,410	$50,650 – $132,000	1,370
3	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,410	$47,610 – $162,980	940
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,840	$49,470 – $91,550	880
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,640	$49,740 – $93,450	5,150
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,200	$50,250 – $82,770	1,230
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,400	$45,780 – $79,810	2,300
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,240	$39,750 – $96,400	2,950
9	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$61,540	$38,350 – $95,640	560
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,980	$42,380 – $86,500	640
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,830	$36,340 – $77,390	12,140
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,020	$31,960 – $77,210	1,170
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,090	$35,090 – $80,820	4,520
14	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$36,350 – $65,180	770
15	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,770	$36,480 – $77,880	540
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,170	$30,620 – $57,370	770

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. 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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