High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Richmond, VA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Richmond, VA 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 Richmond, VA run 2.1% below the national average (2024), so a Richmond, VA salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Richmond, VA · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$82,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,010 – $99,390540
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$78,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,920 – $105,600490
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$70,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,980 – $86,170210
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$66,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,790 – $92,5001,900
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,020 – $82,580930
6Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$61,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,550 – $81,8502,930
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,160 – $79,2001,400
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,210 – $89,510510
9Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$59,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,770 – $77,750500
10Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$59,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,270 – $78,6202,700
11Medical Equipment Repairers$56,580
Associate's degree
$46,970 – $100,760260
12Maintenance Workers, Machinery$56,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,450 – $98,390210
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$53,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $108,530600
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $76,7305,520
15Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,570 – $64,180270
16Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,120
Some college, no degree
$35,950 – $66,980240
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $63,5601,000
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,990 – $53,870550
19Tire Repairers and Changers$33,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,220 – $49,380650

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

#	Occupation	MedianRichmond, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,130	$41,010 – $99,390	540
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,110	$50,920 – $105,600	490
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$70,120	$47,980 – $86,170	210
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,080	$46,790 – $92,500	1,900
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,480	$47,020 – $82,580	930
6	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,510	$36,550 – $81,850	2,930
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,390	$46,160 – $79,200	1,400
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,590	$45,210 – $89,510	510
9	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,560	$38,770 – $77,750	500
10	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,130	$38,270 – $78,620	2,700
11	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$56,580	$46,970 – $100,760	260
12	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,150	$46,450 – $98,390	210
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,800	$37,030 – $108,530	600
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$34,770 – $76,730	5,520
15	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$38,570 – $64,180	270
16	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,120	$35,950 – $66,980	240
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,050	$34,010 – $63,560	1,000
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,050	$32,990 – $53,870	550
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,830	$31,220 – $49,380	650

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