High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,610 – $98,48080
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$76,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,790 – $84,01060
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,480 – $76,94070
4Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,300 – $81,15070
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,790 – $97,62090
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,090 – $74,620420
7Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$57,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $76,18030
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$56,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $75,74060
9Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$54,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $78,23050
10Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,220 – $81,370560
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,710 – $72,57060
12Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$48,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,510 – $63,92070
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,530 – $63,3801,140
14Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,040 – $58,21040
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,650 – $59,640100
16Tire Repairers and Changers$36,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,190 – $42,94040

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

#	Occupation	MedianHilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,540	$50,610 – $98,480	80
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,780	$60,790 – $84,010	60
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,880	$45,480 – $76,940	70
4	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,130	$42,300 – $81,150	70
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,310	$37,790 – $97,620	90
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,280	$39,090 – $74,620	420
7	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,600	$36,200 – $76,180	30
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,910	$37,440 – $75,740	60
9	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,160	$38,760 – $78,230	50
10	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,920	$31,220 – $81,370	560
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,000	$19,710 – $72,570	60
12	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,320	$28,510 – $63,920	70
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,170	$34,530 – $63,380	1,140
14	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$34,040 – $58,210	40
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,670	$18,650 – $59,640	100
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,950	$30,190 – $42,940	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. 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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