High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL run 10.9% below the national average (2024), so a Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 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, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$97,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$73,740 – $117,64090
2Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$80,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,720 – $98,89070
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$76,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$56,520 – $87,19070
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$72,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,960 – $94,470750
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$68,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,880 – $81,780240
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$65,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,790 – $100,270410
7Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$62,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,250 – $78,34070
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,580 – $78,120520
9Millwrights$61,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $83,27080
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$61,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $84,190160
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$60,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,380 – $88,770250
12Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $79,690140
13Medical Equipment Repairers$55,200
Associate's degree
$36,710 – $76,94060
14Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$54,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,570 – $83,87060
15Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$54,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $83,67060
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$51,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $77,3301,940
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$50,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,950 – $72,330270
18Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,840 – $79,750980
19Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other$45,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $77,69080
20Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$44,920
Some college, no degree
$31,850 – $65,64070
21Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,380 – $54,06060
22Tire Repairers and Changers$36,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $46,92090

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

#	Occupation	MedianDavenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,640	$73,740 – $117,640	90
2	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,200	$51,720 – $98,890	70
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,600	$56,520 – $87,190	70
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,790	$49,960 – $94,470	750
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,210	$47,880 – $81,780	240
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,190	$45,790 – $100,270	410
7	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,140	$45,250 – $78,340	70
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,270	$44,580 – $78,120	520
9	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,260	$39,260 – $83,270	80
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,210	$39,630 – $84,190	160
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,140	$39,380 – $88,770	250
12	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,200	$38,700 – $79,690	140
13	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$55,200	$36,710 – $76,940	60
14	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,690	$38,570 – $83,870	60
15	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,120	$39,120 – $83,670	60
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,200	$35,130 – $77,330	1,940
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,810	$32,950 – $72,330	270
18	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,880	$34,840 – $79,750	980
19	Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,960	$37,780 – $77,690	80
20	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$44,920	$31,850 – $65,640	70
21	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$29,380 – $54,060	60
22	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,610	$30,750 – $46,920	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. 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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