High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$91,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,180 – $132,4101,180
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$86,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$64,750 – $133,5201,740
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$80,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,950 – $104,0001,060
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$77,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,140 – $89,3501,900
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$76,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,100 – $100,6003,440
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$74,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,030 – $94,8602,090
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$72,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,450 – $98,1302,770
8Medical Equipment Repairers$72,230
Associate's degree
$49,880 – $94,880930
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$71,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,010 – $104,8804,360
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$70,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,380 – $94,670930
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$64,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,210 – $99,9101,300
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$61,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,010 – $94,9906,340
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$60,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $97,8701,760
14Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$58,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,000 – $84,500620
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,590 – $77,17011,510
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$50,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,690 – $75,2202,340
17Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$48,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $59,010660
18Tire Repairers and Changers$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,840 – $56,7801,340

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

#	Occupation	MedianDenver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,090	$59,180 – $132,410	1,180
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$86,830	$64,750 – $133,520	1,740
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,440	$54,950 – $104,000	1,060
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,570	$54,140 – $89,350	1,900
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,990	$53,100 – $100,600	3,440
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,420	$52,030 – $94,860	2,090
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,800	$50,450 – $98,130	2,770
8	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$72,230	$49,880 – $94,880	930
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,580	$49,010 – $104,880	4,360
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,130	$48,380 – $94,670	930
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,020	$48,210 – $99,910	1,300
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,960	$41,010 – $94,990	6,340
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,770	$39,120 – $97,870	1,760
14	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,680	$48,000 – $84,500	620
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,450	$40,590 – $77,170	11,510
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,840	$40,690 – $75,220	2,340
17	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,580	$37,140 – $59,010	660
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$38,840 – $56,780	1,340

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. 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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