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

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Columbia, 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 Columbia, SC run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a Columbia, SC salary is worth about 1.07× 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, SC · Employed

1Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$75,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,830 – $92,910290
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$74,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,710 – $95,430360
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$73,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,390 – $80,600260
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$68,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,790 – $83,450250
5Maintenance Workers, Machinery$64,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,110 – $78,140190
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,220 – $87,8001,370
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,830 – $94,860520
8Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $76,180320
9Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,540 – $74,950480
10Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$57,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,460 – $73,8301,220
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,090 – $72,990370
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,680 – $78,4302,500
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,300 – $69,4704,680
14Home Appliance Repairers$46,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $59,740130
15Medical Equipment Repairers$45,580
Associate's degree
$34,200 – $79,430130
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$39,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,270 – $65,810610
17Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,390 – $53,030350
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$37,320
Some college, no degree
$32,920 – $58,320140
19Tire Repairers and Changers$35,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,900 – $45,010240

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbia, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,710	$38,830 – $92,910	290
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,190	$44,710 – $95,430	360
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,110	$44,390 – $80,600	260
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$68,100	$48,790 – $83,450	250
5	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,910	$48,110 – $78,140	190
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,680	$43,220 – $87,800	1,370
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,320	$45,830 – $94,860	520
8	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,310	$36,080 – $76,180	320
9	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,180	$43,540 – $74,950	480
10	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,610	$39,460 – $73,830	1,220
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$39,090 – $72,990	370
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,080	$31,680 – $78,430	2,500
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,870	$33,300 – $69,470	4,680
14	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,430	$37,440 – $59,740	130
15	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$45,580	$34,200 – $79,430	130
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,270	$39,270 – $65,810	610
17	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,170	$30,390 – $53,030	350
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$37,320	$32,920 – $58,320	140
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,220	$24,900 – $45,010	240

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