High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Elizabethtown, KY with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Elizabethtown, KY 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 Elizabethtown, KY run 9.4% below the national average (2024), so a Elizabethtown, KY salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Elizabethtown, KY · Employed

1Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$85,700
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,850 – $99,55060
2Maintenance Workers, Machinery$65,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,280 – $65,66070
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$64,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,330 – $78,85050
4Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$63,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,380 – $75,00060
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,090 – $78,500230
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,020 – $74,46050
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,190 – $78,450160
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$53,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $62,780130
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,000 – $100,51050
10Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$47,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $63,44030
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,770 – $69,840640
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$41,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,790 – $73,010350
13Tire Repairers and Changers$35,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $43,32050
14Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$35,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $49,96030

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

#	Occupation	MedianElizabethtown, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$85,700	$45,850 – $99,550	60
2	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,660	$51,280 – $65,660	70
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,710	$41,330 – $78,850	50
4	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,170	$43,380 – $75,000	60
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,450	$44,090 – $78,500	230
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,780	$49,020 – $74,460	50
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,740	$34,190 – $78,450	160
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,290	$37,960 – $62,780	130
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,880	$29,000 – $100,510	50
10	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,640	$37,580 – $63,440	30
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,300	$28,770 – $69,840	640
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,630	$30,790 – $73,010	350
13	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,570	$27,040 – $43,320	50
14	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,070	$29,990 – $49,960	30

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