High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Paducah, KY-IL with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Paducah, KY-IL 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 Paducah, KY-IL run 13.9% below the national average (2024), so a Paducah, KY-IL salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Paducah, KY-IL · Employed

1Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$78,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $102,330190
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$78,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,470 – $101,89070
3Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$66,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,470 – $76,04070
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$65,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,640 – $80,89080
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,560 – $83,160270
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$56,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $81,30090
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$56,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,970 – $78,11090
8Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$56,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,480 – $75,82090
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $77,02060
10Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,810
Some college, no degree
$38,460 – $61,04060
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,060 – $72,470530
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$43,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,680 – $69,010290

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

#	Occupation	MedianPaducah, KY-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,900	$45,760 – $102,330	190
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,510	$47,470 – $101,890	70
3	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,250	$46,470 – $76,040	70
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,240	$43,640 – $80,890	80
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,100	$47,560 – $83,160	270
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,980	$38,500 – $81,300	90
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,610	$44,970 – $78,110	90
8	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,350	$40,480 – $75,820	90
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,600	$30,470 – $77,020	60
10	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,810	$38,460 – $61,040	60
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$30,060 – $72,470	530
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,260	$30,680 – $69,010	290

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Paducah, KY-IL. 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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