High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Kingston, NY with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Kingston, NY 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 Kingston, NY run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Kingston, NY salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Kingston, NY · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$77,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,010 – $108,67090
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$70,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,900 – $99,61070
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,150 – $92,56040
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$62,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,150 – $94,45050
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,440 – $81,070110
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,900 – $92,110260
7Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $79,81080
8Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$53,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $76,00050
9Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$53,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,120 – $81,910440
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$50,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $73,560870
11Tire Repairers and Changers$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,360 – $45,73040
12Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$41,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $65,66050

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

#	Occupation	MedianKingston, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,710	$49,010 – $108,670	90
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,450	$48,900 – $99,610	70
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,800	$51,150 – $92,560	40
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,830	$49,150 – $94,450	50
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,620	$47,440 – $81,070	110
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,470	$36,900 – $92,110	260
7	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,320	$38,370 – $79,810	80
8	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,980	$37,850 – $76,000	50
9	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$53,290	$36,120 – $81,910	440
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,230	$36,850 – $73,560	870
11	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$37,360 – $45,730	40
12	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,010	$37,470 – $65,660	50

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