High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Longview, TX with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Longview, 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 Longview, TX run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a Longview, TX salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Longview, TX · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$82,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,870 – $98,87090
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$80,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,930 – $102,830160
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,040 – $85,010410
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$59,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,890 – $106,270180
5Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$58,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,160 – $81,450260
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$57,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $92,080860
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$57,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,720 – $91,980190
8Maintenance Workers, Machinery$57,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,450 – $92,780100
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,990 – $75,370350
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$52,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $78,810350
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,980 – $91,660120
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $78,7701,420
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,810 – $77,830800
14Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $60,14040
15Riggers$45,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,500 – $65,62050
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$41,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,980 – $60,940150
17Tire Repairers and Changers$36,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,920 – $44,100180
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$35,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,160 – $51,180210

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

#	Occupation	MedianLongview, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,230	$49,870 – $98,870	90
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,490	$54,930 – $102,830	160
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,290	$45,040 – $85,010	410
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,860	$40,890 – $106,270	180
5	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,890	$35,160 – $81,450	260
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,930	$39,520 – $92,080	860
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,730	$38,720 – $91,980	190
8	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,000	$36,450 – $92,780	100
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,050	$36,990 – $75,370	350
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,090	$39,520 – $78,810	350
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,780	$29,980 – $91,660	120
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$30,550 – $78,770	1,420
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,400	$29,810 – $77,830	800
14	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$31,200 – $60,140	40
15	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,300	$40,500 – $65,620	50
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,620	$27,980 – $60,940	150
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,330	$27,920 – $44,100	180
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,410	$20,160 – $51,180	210

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