High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Evansville, IN with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Evansville, 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 Evansville, IN run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Evansville, IN salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Evansville, IN · Employed

1Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$71,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,220 – $80,87070
2Maintenance Workers, Machinery$65,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,120 – $65,76080
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,850 – $98,150930
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,960 – $99,360190
5Medical Equipment Repairers$59,810
Associate's degree
$40,100 – $93,69050
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$59,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,660 – $96,770490
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,290 – $77,120120
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$57,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,180 – $75,940330
9Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$53,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,940 – $82,47050
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$51,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,670 – $72,86080
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$49,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,470 – $73,1801,420
12Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$49,070
Some college, no degree
$35,430 – $69,70080
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $85,950180
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,690 – $76,340740
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $69,150110
16Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,290 – $55,45050
17Tire Repairers and Changers$34,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,430 – $44,76090

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

#	Occupation	MedianEvansville, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,540	$47,220 – $80,870	70
2	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,730	$58,120 – $65,760	80
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,800	$48,850 – $98,150	930
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,640	$47,960 – $99,360	190
5	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$59,810	$40,100 – $93,690	50
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,500	$37,660 – $96,770	490
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,430	$41,290 – $77,120	120
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,820	$42,180 – $75,940	330
9	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,750	$41,940 – $82,470	50
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,110	$40,670 – $72,860	80
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,070	$33,470 – $73,180	1,420
12	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$49,070	$35,430 – $69,700	80
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,290	$36,520 – $85,950	180
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,920	$35,690 – $76,340	740
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,990	$34,770 – $69,150	110
16	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,950	$22,290 – $55,450	50
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,590	$30,430 – $44,760	90

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