High paying repair and maintenance jobs in New Hampshire with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire run 4.2% above the national average (2024), so a New Hampshire salary is worth about 0.96× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in New Hampshire.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, New Hampshire · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$102,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,030 – $126,870560
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$86,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,210 – $100,960540
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$85,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$61,960 – $96,610550
4Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$73,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,520 – $97,1402,560
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$71,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,730 – $99,5901,040
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$68,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,030 – $92,590660
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,630 – $91,8501,950
8Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$61,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,890 – $78,690500
9Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$61,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $104,520220
10Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$60,570
Some college, no degree
$38,380 – $64,780260
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$59,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,310 – $82,2504,840
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,620 – $74,9105,780
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$52,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,910 – $78,880750
14Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,940 – $82,940460
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,450 – $58,750560
16Tire Repairers and Changers$37,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,680 – $55,970340

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Hampshire	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,170	$67,030 – $126,870	560
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,370	$58,210 – $100,960	540
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$85,240	$61,960 – $96,610	550
4	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,850	$47,520 – $97,140	2,560
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,390	$52,730 – $99,590	1,040
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,570	$49,030 – $92,590	660
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,150	$46,630 – $91,850	1,950
8	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,530	$38,890 – $78,690	500
9	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,380	$36,980 – $104,520	220
10	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$60,570	$38,380 – $64,780	260
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,020	$38,310 – $82,250	4,840
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,830	$37,620 – $74,910	5,780
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,790	$43,910 – $78,880	750
14	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,030	$31,940 – $82,940	460
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$37,450 – $58,750	560
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,850	$33,680 – $55,970	340

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Hampshire. 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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