High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC run 11.5% below the national average (2024), so a Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC · Employed

1Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$72,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,160 – $86,050100
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$71,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,190 – $105,860190
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,040 – $81,840120
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,810 – $81,510850
5Maintenance Workers, Machinery$60,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $76,390440
6Medical Equipment Repairers$59,190
Associate's degree
$34,740 – $82,37060
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,920 – $92,920120
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$54,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $72,000410
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$50,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,880 – $73,240300
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $75,690180
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,210 – $72,9701,500
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,200 – $77,400950
13Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$46,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $64,780100
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$46,430
Some college, no degree
$34,840 – $66,32070
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$44,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,360 – $68,740130
16Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,860 – $51,970120
17Tire Repairers and Changers$34,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,060 – $45,540170

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

#	Occupation	MedianHickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,480	$47,160 – $86,050	100
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,290	$43,190 – $105,860	190
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,040	$45,040 – $81,840	120
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,570	$41,810 – $81,510	850
5	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,940	$44,550 – $76,390	440
6	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$59,190	$34,740 – $82,370	60
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,720	$49,920 – $92,920	120
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,480	$38,600 – $72,000	410
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,300	$36,880 – $73,240	300
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,080	$35,920 – $75,690	180
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$33,210 – $72,970	1,500
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,860	$31,200 – $77,400	950
13	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,520	$37,840 – $64,780	100
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$46,430	$34,840 – $66,320	70
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,010	$32,360 – $68,740	130
16	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,700	$28,860 – $51,970	120
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,370	$28,060 – $45,540	170

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. 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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