High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS run 10.0% below the national average (2024), so a Gulfport-Biloxi, MS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Gulfport-Biloxi, MS · Employed

1Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$74,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,580 – $88,340300
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,070 – $93,310100
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$69,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,150 – $85,480330
4Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$65,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,580 – $99,960290
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,600 – $68,160300
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,400 – $91,270200
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$56,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $81,420300
8Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $81,500190
9Millwrights$53,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,920 – $67,140140
10Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$48,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,260 – $74,690330
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$46,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $60,84050
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $81,7401,890
13Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$43,890
Some college, no degree
$34,540 – $58,93070
14Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$42,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,610 – $68,16090
15Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$41,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,130 – $72,180100
16Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$41,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,930 – $57,100110
17Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$39,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,450 – $76,450980
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,580 – $48,980130
19Tire Repairers and Changers$34,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,340 – $41,090130

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

#	Occupation	MedianGulfport-Biloxi, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,460	$60,580 – $88,340	300
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,460	$38,070 – $93,310	100
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,200	$47,150 – $85,480	330
4	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,960	$39,580 – $99,960	290
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,640	$45,600 – $68,160	300
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,580	$48,400 – $91,270	200
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,830	$40,260 – $81,420	300
8	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,770	$36,240 – $81,500	190
9	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,330	$44,920 – $67,140	140
10	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,230	$36,260 – $74,690	330
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,810	$38,960 – $60,840	50
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$30,160 – $81,740	1,890
13	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$43,890	$34,540 – $58,930	70
14	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,300	$31,610 – $68,160	90
15	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,650	$33,130 – $72,180	100
16	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,610	$31,930 – $57,100	110
17	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,120	$28,450 – $76,450	980
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,600	$25,580 – $48,980	130
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,900	$29,340 – $41,090	130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS. 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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