High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Columbus, OH with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Columbus, OH 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 Columbus, OH run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, OH 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, Columbus, OH · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$81,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,820 – $110,3001,260
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$74,210
Postsecondary nondegree award
$55,480 – $162,310870
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$70,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,220 – $92,9102,670
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$67,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,830 – $89,4201,080
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$64,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,680 – $100,5903,000
6Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$64,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,690 – $94,270950
7Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$63,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,010 – $76,940490
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,680 – $80,3502,690
9Maintenance Workers, Machinery$62,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,100 – $90,830400
10Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers$61,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $72,220480
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,330 – $100,770790
12Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$59,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,060 – $91,260380
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$56,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,420 – $85,5903,920
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $76,70010,970
15Automotive Body and Related Repairers$51,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,470 – $95,0301,100
16Medical Equipment Repairers$49,510
Associate's degree
$38,670 – $81,320710
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,050 – $68,220730
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$48,160
Some college, no degree
$37,000 – $88,550380
19Tire Repairers and Changers$44,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,060 – $58,190600
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$44,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,490 – $66,290360

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,760	$50,820 – $110,300	1,260
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,210	$55,480 – $162,310	870
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,410	$49,220 – $92,910	2,670
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,920	$49,830 – $89,420	1,080
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,440	$40,680 – $100,590	3,000
6	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,000	$48,690 – $94,270	950
7	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,060	$47,010 – $76,940	490
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,190	$46,680 – $80,350	2,690
9	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,140	$44,100 – $90,830	400
10	Automotive Glass Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,900	$37,820 – $72,220	480
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,380	$33,330 – $100,770	790
12	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,430	$41,060 – $91,260	380
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,150	$34,420 – $85,590	3,920
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,800	$35,860 – $76,700	10,970
15	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,180	$38,470 – $95,030	1,100
16	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$49,510	$38,670 – $81,320	710
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,230	$38,050 – $68,220	730
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$48,160	$37,000 – $88,550	380
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,680	$33,060 – $58,190	600
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,050	$34,490 – $66,290	360

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