High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Fresno, CA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Fresno, CA 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 Fresno, CA run 2.2% above the national average (2024), so a Fresno, CA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Fresno, CA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$134,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$86,140 – $157,770230
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$90,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,410 – $99,580260
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$80,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$53,520 – $173,840160
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$73,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,780 – $89,440690
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$71,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,910 – $100,970420
6Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$71,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,830 – $84,360320
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$67,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,860 – $94,4301,210
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$65,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,510 – $96,210720
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$63,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,360 – $82,460310
10Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,920 – $101,6801,300
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $82,230190
12Maintenance Workers, Machinery$56,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,470 – $81,960220
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$52,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,790 – $77,4001,890
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$51,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $77,3203,590
15Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$48,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $78,550530
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $71,230700
17Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $54,290230
18Tire Repairers and Changers$35,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $46,060470

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

#	Occupation	MedianFresno, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$134,150	$86,140 – $157,770	230
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$90,090	$56,410 – $99,580	260
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,810	$53,520 – $173,840	160
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,370	$46,780 – $89,440	690
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,300	$48,910 – $100,970	420
6	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,240	$45,830 – $84,360	320
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,140	$45,860 – $94,430	1,210
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,210	$44,510 – $96,210	720
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,670	$38,360 – $82,460	310
10	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,580	$43,920 – $101,680	1,300
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,950	$38,480 – $82,230	190
12	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,520	$45,470 – $81,960	220
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,000	$37,790 – $77,400	1,890
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,450	$35,880 – $77,320	3,590
15	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,760	$37,460 – $78,550	530
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,680	$37,430 – $71,230	700
17	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$34,770 – $54,290	230
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,960	$34,320 – $46,060	470

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