High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Columbia, MO with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Columbia, MO 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 Columbia, MO run 10.6% below the national average (2024), so a Columbia, MO 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, Columbia, MO · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$97,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,730 – $102,66080
2Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$76,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,920 – $81,820100
3Maintenance Workers, Machinery$64,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,430 – $73,640100
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$59,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,250 – $80,37070
5Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$59,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $75,23040
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,430 – $82,870330
7Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$56,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,710 – $80,120110
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$53,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $75,610130
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$51,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,490 – $92,610120
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$51,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,350 – $82,04090
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$50,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,810 – $77,06040
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,540 – $74,320630
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $66,0301,290
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$45,470
Some college, no degree
$28,600 – $63,30040
15Home Appliance Repairers$44,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,490 – $60,84050
16Tire Repairers and Changers$36,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $43,92070

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbia, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,390	$58,730 – $102,660	80
2	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,120	$46,920 – $81,820	100
3	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,670	$59,430 – $73,640	100
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,850	$45,250 – $80,370	70
5	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,690	$38,480 – $75,230	40
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,880	$39,430 – $82,870	330
7	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,820	$44,710 – $80,120	110
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,980	$38,700 – $75,610	130
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,910	$33,490 – $92,610	120
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,780	$35,350 – $82,040	90
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,930	$42,810 – $77,060	40
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,370	$34,540 – $74,320	630
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,870	$28,600 – $66,030	1,290
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$45,470	$28,600 – $63,300	40
15	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,930	$30,490 – $60,840	50
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,360	$28,600 – $43,920	70

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