High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Salem, OR with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Salem, OR 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 Salem, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Salem, OR salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Salem, OR · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$134,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,750 – $157,200180
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$83,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,120 – $104,74060
3Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$81,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,510 – $94,96070
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$74,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,490 – $93,130160
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$74,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,160 – $95,370230
6Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$73,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,280 – $95,310220
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$65,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,810 – $91,330350
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,970 – $82,040310
9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,810 – $82,400310
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$60,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,930 – $92,300140
11Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles$59,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,730 – $80,95060
12Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$58,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,390 – $79,33060
13Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$58,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,190 – $75,28060
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$57,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,660 – $89,210590
15Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$57,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,960 – $83,370140
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$53,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $76,5901,640
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$48,250
Some college, no degree
$37,770 – $72,41070
18Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,220 – $83,050240
19Tire Repairers and Changers$46,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,690 – $49,570190
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,550 – $60,930130

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalem, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$134,500	$58,750 – $157,200	180
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$83,390	$46,120 – $104,740	60
3	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,500	$38,510 – $94,960	70
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,860	$47,490 – $93,130	160
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,610	$56,160 – $95,370	230
6	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,160	$60,280 – $95,310	220
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,050	$46,810 – $91,330	350
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,180	$46,970 – $82,040	310
9	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,060	$39,810 – $82,400	310
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,940	$38,930 – $92,300	140
11	Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor VehiclesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,970	$46,730 – $80,950	60
12	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,990	$47,390 – $79,330	60
13	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,120	$44,190 – $75,280	60
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,960	$38,660 – $89,210	590
15	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,750	$45,960 – $83,370	140
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,090	$38,610 – $76,590	1,640
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$48,250	$37,770 – $72,410	70
18	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,480	$39,220 – $83,050	240
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,470	$36,690 – $49,570	190
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$32,550 – $60,930	130

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