High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Dubuque, IA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Dubuque, IA 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 Dubuque, IA run 12.7% below the national average (2024), so a Dubuque, IA salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Dubuque, IA · Employed

1Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$68,980
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,290 – $81,69040
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,260 – $86,410160
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,270 – $79,050100
4Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$61,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,980 – $77,40080
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,690 – $84,380130
6Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$61,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,600 – $77,770290
7Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$60,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,780 – $95,89040
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,720 – $78,060170
9Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$54,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $73,890570
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$51,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $77,80070
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,270 – $65,99090
12Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$45,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,500 – $71,77030
13Tire Repairers and Changers$36,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $47,76040

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

#	Occupation	MedianDubuque, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$68,980	$47,290 – $81,690	40
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,480	$53,260 – $86,410	160
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,040	$50,270 – $79,050	100
4	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,500	$46,980 – $77,400	80
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,410	$37,690 – $84,380	130
6	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,030	$37,600 – $77,770	290
7	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,880	$47,780 – $95,890	40
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,630	$45,720 – $78,060	170
9	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,360	$37,470 – $73,890	570
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,000	$36,250 – $77,800	70
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,090	$40,270 – $65,990	90
12	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,740	$40,500 – $71,770	30
13	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,710	$30,470 – $47,760	40

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