High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Employed

1Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$85,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,140 – $131,0902,710
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$82,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,730 – $115,8004,380
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$77,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,900 – $113,0104,690
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$76,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,560 – $101,1002,040
5Riggers$64,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,230 – $82,7601,140
6Wind Turbine Service Technicians$64,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,230 – $75,6101,120
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $101,14018,360
8Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,330 – $93,0905,330
9Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$61,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,610 – $97,8703,420
10Medical Equipment Repairers$61,080
Associate's degree
$38,910 – $94,1701,090
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,960 – $96,6507,410
12Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,550 – $84,2802,850
13Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,780 – $83,1207,680
14Maintenance Workers, Machinery$58,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,740 – $83,9601,950
15Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$56,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $76,1902,500
16Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $77,9903,410
17Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,380 – $83,18014,910
18Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,410 – $72,6104,350
19Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,620 – $76,21032,050
20Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$42,020
Some college, no degree
$35,420 – $60,7901,390
21Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,370 – $49,8604,440
22Tire Repairers and Changers$36,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,530 – $46,1703,110

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

#	Occupation	MedianHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$85,400	$48,140 – $131,090	2,710
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,710	$48,730 – $115,800	4,380
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,880	$50,900 – $113,010	4,690
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,950	$46,560 – $101,100	2,040
5	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,430	$44,230 – $82,760	1,140
6	Wind Turbine Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,050	$49,230 – $75,610	1,120
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,180	$43,920 – $101,140	18,360
8	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,410	$46,330 – $93,090	5,330
9	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,680	$42,610 – $97,870	3,420
10	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$61,080	$38,910 – $94,170	1,090
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,770	$44,960 – $96,650	7,410
12	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,850	$40,550 – $84,280	2,850
13	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,940	$38,780 – $83,120	7,680
14	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,310	$39,740 – $83,960	1,950
15	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,920	$36,950 – $76,190	2,500
16	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,060	$35,220 – $77,990	3,410
17	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,940	$29,380 – $83,180	14,910
18	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$34,410 – $72,610	4,350
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,710	$31,620 – $76,210	32,050
20	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$42,020	$35,420 – $60,790	1,390
21	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,470	$23,370 – $49,860	4,440
22	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,220	$29,530 – $46,170	3,110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. 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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