High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Minot, ND with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Minot, ND 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 Minot, ND run 13.0% below the national average (2024), so a Minot, ND salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Minot, ND · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$85,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,400 – $104,64040
2Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$75,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,240 – $99,170130
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$74,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,100 – $105,140140
4Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$72,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,520 – $91,590160
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$63,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,910 – $92,72060
6Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$62,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,460 – $84,53090
7Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$60,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,750 – $84,730210
8Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $100,38080
9Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$51,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,920 – $99,17060
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$49,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $81,790280

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

#	Occupation	MedianMinot, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,620	$47,400 – $104,640	40
2	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,900	$55,240 – $99,170	130
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,490	$52,100 – $105,140	140
4	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,800	$51,520 – $91,590	160
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,950	$44,910 – $92,720	60
6	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,840	$48,460 – $84,530	90
7	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,020	$37,750 – $84,730	210
8	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,370	$37,900 – $100,380	80
9	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,990	$40,920 – $99,170	60
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,960	$34,980 – $81,790	280

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