High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Jackson, MI with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Jackson, MI 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 Jackson, MI run 8.2% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, MI salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Jackson, MI · Employed

1Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $79,860360
2Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,960 – $84,60090
3Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,010 – $97,820110
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,310 – $76,69040
5Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$51,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,640 – $78,130240
6Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$50,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,500 – $64,57070
7Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $75,04060
8Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$48,300
Some college, no degree
$34,200 – $68,50030
9Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,710 – $72,080480
10Tire Repairers and Changers$36,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,680 – $47,21030

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,510	$45,760 – $79,860	360
2	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,030	$43,960 – $84,600	90
3	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,220	$44,010 – $97,820	110
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,880	$44,310 – $76,690	40
5	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,870	$31,640 – $78,130	240
6	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,520	$33,500 – $64,570	70
7	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,730	$36,550 – $75,040	60
8	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$48,300	$34,200 – $68,500	30
9	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,090	$33,710 – $72,080	480
10	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,000	$35,680 – $47,210	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Jackson, MI. 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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