High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Grand Forks, ND-MN with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Grand Forks, ND-MN 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 Grand Forks, ND-MN run 13.3% below the national average (2024), so a Grand Forks, ND-MN salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Grand Forks, ND-MN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$113,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$91,980 – $121,54070
2Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$88,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$59,660 – $94,15080
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$77,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,660 – $98,430140
4Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$77,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,440 – $97,95070
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$75,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,610 – $95,700130
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,700 – $77,760160
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$64,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,100 – $82,940170
8Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$63,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,620 – $79,33080
9Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$58,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,120 – $90,670220
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,310 – $99,31080
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$51,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,540 – $94,54070
12Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$51,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,890 – $95,09040
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $70,340600
14Tire Repairers and Changers$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,760 – $44,91050

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

#	Occupation	MedianGrand Forks, ND-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$113,700	$91,980 – $121,540	70
2	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$88,820	$59,660 – $94,150	80
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,860	$58,660 – $98,430	140
4	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,740	$62,440 – $97,950	70
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,470	$46,610 – $95,700	130
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,890	$47,700 – $77,760	160
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,220	$46,100 – $82,940	170
8	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,750	$44,620 – $79,330	80
9	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,680	$39,120 – $90,670	220
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,930	$30,310 – $99,310	80
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,440	$33,540 – $94,540	70
12	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,010	$46,890 – $95,090	40
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,040	$36,950 – $70,340	600
14	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$30,760 – $44,910	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Grand Forks, ND-MN. 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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