High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Pittsburgh, PA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Pittsburgh, PA 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 Pittsburgh, PA run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a Pittsburgh, PA salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Pittsburgh, PA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$105,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,150 – $119,1601,030
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$91,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,000 – $100,200710
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$72,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,320 – $124,010510
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$70,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,470 – $96,190810
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,390 – $80,7004,050
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$62,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,160 – $80,7401,560
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,480 – $92,7102,680
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$60,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,190 – $79,3002,070
9Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$59,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $97,980600
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$51,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,630 – $78,7701,330
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$49,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $74,96010,330
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,140 – $78,2206,430
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,800 – $67,1301,080
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$46,510
Some college, no degree
$32,130 – $62,350390
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,050 – $54,330440
16Tire Repairers and Changers$37,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,260 – $46,140730

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

#	Occupation	MedianPittsburgh, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$105,590	$65,150 – $119,160	1,030
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,500	$49,000 – $100,200	710
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,090	$45,320 – $124,010	510
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$70,590	$45,470 – $96,190	810
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,560	$47,390 – $80,700	4,050
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,350	$48,160 – $80,740	1,560
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,140	$46,480 – $92,710	2,680
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,280	$45,190 – $79,300	2,070
9	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,440	$37,660 – $97,980	600
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,380	$35,630 – $78,770	1,330
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,250	$34,270 – $74,960	10,330
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,900	$36,140 – $78,220	6,430
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,660	$29,800 – $67,130	1,080
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$46,510	$32,130 – $62,350	390
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,540	$17,050 – $54,330	440
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,110	$30,260 – $46,140	730

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