High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Omaha, NE-IA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Omaha, NE-IA 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 Omaha, NE-IA run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Omaha, NE-IA 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, Omaha, NE-IA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$101,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,390 – $118,230370
2Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$91,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,020 – $102,570280
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$66,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,440 – $95,200790
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,850 – $83,3601,190
5Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$64,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,640 – $85,850390
6Millwrights$62,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $78,850230
7Maintenance Workers, Machinery$62,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,020 – $80,350260
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,610 – $83,6401,600
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,580 – $81,2501,120
10Medical Equipment Repairers$58,030
Associate's degree
$45,830 – $76,900210
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,460 – $78,390540
12Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$56,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $79,000170
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$54,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,760 – $80,6002,250
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$51,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,690 – $71,8004,360
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$50,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $68,790380
16Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$48,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,720 – $78,710360
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,630
Some college, no degree
$35,270 – $75,640290
18Tire Repairers and Changers$37,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,270 – $56,920370

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

#	Occupation	MedianOmaha, NE-IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$101,960	$60,390 – $118,230	370
2	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,660	$67,020 – $102,570	280
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,600	$46,440 – $95,200	790
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,320	$51,850 – $83,360	1,190
5	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,850	$44,640 – $85,850	390
6	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,960	$47,500 – $78,850	230
7	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,710	$49,020 – $80,350	260
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,570	$45,610 – $83,640	1,600
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,960	$45,580 – $81,250	1,120
10	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$58,030	$45,830 – $76,900	210
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,310	$39,460 – $78,390	540
12	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,220	$35,860 – $79,000	170
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,230	$37,760 – $80,600	2,250
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,700	$37,690 – $71,800	4,360
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,760	$37,140 – $68,790	380
16	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,820	$44,720 – $78,710	360
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,630	$35,270 – $75,640	290
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,830	$31,270 – $56,920	370

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Omaha, NE-IA. 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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