High paying repair and maintenance jobs in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN run 8.2% below the national average (2024), so a La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 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, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$107,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$91,740 – $117,380110
2Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$80,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,470 – $114,17050
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,500 – $96,910280
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$63,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,500 – $81,130100
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,450 – $94,910270
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,060 – $79,80040
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,300 – $77,570260
8Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$56,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,690 – $69,63050
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $74,02070
10Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$54,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,270 – $72,77050
11Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$54,110
Some college, no degree
$35,720 – $61,31030
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$53,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,590 – $71,090920
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,180
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,290 – $77,850370
14Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$49,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $77,89030
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$42,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,300 – $47,63060
16Tire Repairers and Changers$39,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,700 – $46,91040

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

#	Occupation	MedianLa Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$107,420	$91,740 – $117,380	110
2	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,020	$59,470 – $114,170	50
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,540	$50,500 – $96,910	280
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,270	$49,500 – $81,130	100
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,400	$46,450 – $94,910	270
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,220	$48,060 – $79,800	40
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,100	$45,300 – $77,570	260
8	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,490	$45,690 – $69,630	50
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,010	$37,010 – $74,020	70
10	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,930	$40,270 – $72,770	50
11	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$54,110	$35,720 – $61,310	30
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,160	$36,590 – $71,090	920
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,180	$36,290 – $77,850	370
14	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,880	$39,430 – $77,890	30
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,670	$27,300 – $47,630	60
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,130	$36,700 – $46,910	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN. 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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