High paying repair and maintenance jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ run 12.6% above the national average (2024), so a New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ salary is worth about 0.89× 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, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Employed

1Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$127,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$75,330 – $240,3105,110
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$122,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,540 – $148,7403,850
3Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$103,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,930 – $129,7103,110
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$102,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,440 – $121,3907,340
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$78,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,040 – $102,1204,380
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$77,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,690 – $108,78021,820
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$75,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,270 – $105,1905,820
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$75,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,240 – $94,32012,430
9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$75,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,100 – $110,27010,780
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$59,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,400 – $88,050108,700
11Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$59,530
Some college, no degree
$38,510 – $78,4903,480
12Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$59,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $88,0506,850
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,680 – $90,7908,150
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$57,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,740 – $94,32028,420
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$53,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,420 – $79,0406,080
16Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$43,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $65,4405,700

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$127,140	$75,330 – $240,310	5,110
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$122,480	$58,540 – $148,740	3,850
3	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,780	$60,930 – $129,710	3,110
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,550	$57,440 – $121,390	7,340
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,060	$52,040 – $102,120	4,380
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,990	$50,690 – $108,780	21,820
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,900	$51,270 – $105,190	5,820
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,780	$51,240 – $94,320	12,430
9	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,260	$48,100 – $110,270	10,780
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,550	$37,400 – $88,050	108,700
11	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$59,530	$38,510 – $78,490	3,480
12	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,280	$43,680 – $88,050	6,850
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,920	$38,680 – $90,790	8,150
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,760	$34,740 – $94,320	28,420
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,940	$38,420 – $79,040	6,080
16	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,870	$37,340 – $65,440	5,700

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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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