High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Joplin, MO-KS with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Joplin, MO-KS 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 Joplin, MO-KS run 14.3% below the national average (2024), so a Joplin, MO-KS salary is worth about 1.17× 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, Joplin, MO-KS · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$97,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$73,940 – $107,630160
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,280 – $73,160350
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$62,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $83,02040
4Maintenance Workers, Machinery$61,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,050 – $75,380100
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,560 – $81,770130
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$56,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,440 – $76,830360
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,560 – $81,980210
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$54,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,740 – $98,09040
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$52,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $73,650130
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$51,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,840 – $77,970160
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,740 – $66,60070
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,720 – $77,3601,020
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,350 – $72,860590
14Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians$41,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,580 – $47,49030
15Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$37,510
Some college, no degree
$33,990 – $57,59040

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

#	Occupation	MedianJoplin, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,670	$73,940 – $107,630	160
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,720	$46,280 – $73,160	350
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,640	$40,080 – $83,020	40
4	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,320	$47,050 – $75,380	100
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,910	$43,560 – $81,770	130
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,580	$38,440 – $76,830	360
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,360	$38,560 – $81,980	210
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,720	$37,740 – $98,090	40
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,200	$35,990 – $73,650	130
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,450	$46,840 – $77,970	160
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,860	$31,740 – $66,600	70
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,740	$33,720 – $77,360	1,020
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,320	$30,350 – $72,860	590
14	Recreational Vehicle Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,240	$36,580 – $47,490	30
15	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$37,510	$33,990 – $57,590	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Joplin, MO-KS. 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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