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

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Fort Wayne, 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 Fort Wayne, IN run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a Fort Wayne, IN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Fort Wayne, IN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$101,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,340 – $117,020100
2Millwrights$91,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,670 – $91,410110
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$71,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,630 – $82,58090
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$67,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,230 – $80,87070
5Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$66,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,010 – $78,240190
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,490 – $94,390220
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,550 – $77,4801,050
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,150 – $76,330160
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$60,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,450 – $96,980870
10Medical Equipment Repairers$60,510
Associate's degree
$46,470 – $79,770110
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,710 – $78,350780
12Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$58,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,390 – $72,40070
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$53,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $83,000290
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,850 – $77,0801,240
15Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$49,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,770 – $69,190120
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$49,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,080 – $73,4902,210
17Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,490 – $62,15090
18Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $63,540120
19Maintenance Workers, Machinery$45,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $62,02070
20Home Appliance Repairers$41,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,800 – $60,50070
21Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$38,840
Some college, no degree
$30,570 – $59,25080
22Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,200 – $52,540110
23Tire Repairers and Changers$36,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,710 – $59,040240

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

#	Occupation	MedianFort Wayne, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$101,810	$62,340 – $117,020	100
2	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,410	$58,670 – $91,410	110
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,070	$46,630 – $82,580	90
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,140	$41,230 – $80,870	70
5	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,030	$39,010 – $78,240	190
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,750	$46,490 – $94,390	220
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,790	$47,550 – $77,480	1,050
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,640	$47,150 – $76,330	160
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,830	$39,450 – $96,980	870
10	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$60,510	$46,470 – $79,770	110
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,210	$45,710 – $78,350	780
12	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,560	$40,390 – $72,400	70
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,200	$37,020 – $83,000	290
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,810	$35,850 – $77,080	1,240
15	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,310	$43,770 – $69,190	120
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,250	$35,080 – $73,490	2,210
17	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$34,490 – $62,150	90
18	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,580	$32,930 – $63,540	120
19	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,010	$37,760 – $62,020	70
20	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,290	$27,800 – $60,500	70
21	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$38,840	$30,570 – $59,250	80
22	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,500	$23,200 – $52,540	110
23	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,310	$30,710 – $59,040	240

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