High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Elkhart-Goshen, IN with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Elkhart-Goshen, IN 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 Elkhart-Goshen, IN run 9.7% below the national average (2024), so a Elkhart-Goshen, IN salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Elkhart-Goshen, IN · Employed

1Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$70,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,140 – $97,640140
2Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$65,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,700 – $78,00050
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,500 – $84,210760
4Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$61,620
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,010 – $76,27040
5Mechanical Door Repairers$61,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,490 – $79,34040
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,590 – $77,400430
7Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$59,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,220 – $74,19040
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$59,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,440 – $99,690240
9Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles$58,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,350 – $79,670260
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$58,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $76,06070
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $78,1201,500
12Maintenance Workers, Machinery$54,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,140 – $61,930130
13Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians$50,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,580 – $76,910690
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$50,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,120 – $102,120220
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,970 – $78,760530
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,730 – $69,41040
17Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$47,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,100 – $63,57040
18Home Appliance Repairers$46,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,580 – $62,90040
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$44,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $62,45050
20Tire Repairers and Changers$35,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,150 – $46,44090

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

#	Occupation	MedianElkhart-Goshen, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,040	$47,140 – $97,640	140
2	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,200	$46,700 – $78,000	50
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,460	$48,500 – $84,210	760
4	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,620	$38,010 – $76,270	40
5	Mechanical Door RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,210	$45,490 – $79,340	40
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,130	$47,590 – $77,400	430
7	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,870	$36,220 – $74,190	40
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,590	$37,440 – $99,690	240
9	Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor VehiclesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,890	$47,350 – $79,670	260
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,050	$37,470 – $76,060	70
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,590	$37,960 – $78,120	1,500
12	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,710	$48,140 – $61,930	130
13	Recreational Vehicle Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,860	$27,580 – $76,910	690
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,110	$37,120 – $102,120	220
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,990	$34,970 – $78,760	530
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,360	$37,730 – $69,410	40
17	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,540	$31,100 – $63,570	40
18	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,900	$25,580 – $62,900	40
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,340	$34,650 – $62,450	50
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,380	$31,150 – $46,440	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Elkhart-Goshen, IN. 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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