High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Glens Falls, NY with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Glens Falls, NY 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 Glens Falls, NY run 5.1% below the national average (2024), so a Glens Falls, NY salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Glens Falls, NY · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$107,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,670 – $107,21030
2Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$99,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,710 – $99,89040
3Millwrights$71,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,280 – $79,81070
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $107,90040
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,310 – $82,00080
6Maintenance Workers, Machinery$63,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,000 – $99,00030
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$60,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,940 – $82,050160
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,690 – $76,55060
9Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$55,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $72,54050
10Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$52,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,670 – $70,42070
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$52,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $82,10040
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,020 – $75,250370
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $76,630740
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $60,99070
15Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$48,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,310 – $61,10050
16Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$42,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $62,73040

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

#	Occupation	MedianGlens Falls, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$107,210	$40,670 – $107,210	30
2	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,820	$43,710 – $99,890	40
3	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,520	$60,280 – $79,810	70
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,670	$40,100 – $107,900	40
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,110	$47,310 – $82,000	80
6	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,000	$52,000 – $99,000	30
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,780	$43,940 – $82,050	160
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,760	$46,690 – $76,550	60
9	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,370	$38,600 – $72,540	50
10	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,410	$48,670 – $70,420	70
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,030	$37,390 – $82,100	40
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,300	$37,020 – $75,250	370
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$36,800 – $76,630	740
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,670	$38,760 – $60,990	70
15	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,180	$35,310 – $61,100	50
16	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,790	$32,240 – $62,730	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Glens Falls, NY. 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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