High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA run 11.1% above the national average (2024), so a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA salary is worth about 0.90× 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$134,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$74,570 – $151,8201,010
2Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$109,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$80,000 – $122,440910
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$103,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$59,520 – $119,0403,950
4Avionics Technicians$100,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$70,740 – $116,9202,880
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$82,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,410 – $115,5503,740
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$81,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,850 – $116,7901,930
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$81,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$58,260 – $103,2401,750
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$80,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,380 – $129,3903,940
9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$79,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,890 – $117,5504,600
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$79,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,450 – $105,720860
11Medical Equipment Repairers$77,020
Associate's degree
$48,250 – $110,480930
12Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$75,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,210 – $102,7301,000
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$64,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,350 – $154,8901,340
14Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$61,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,830 – $88,6901,360
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$60,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,610 – $87,84017,790
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$59,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,750 – $99,1906,860
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$49,470
Some college, no degree
$39,510 – $75,5201,490
18Tire Repairers and Changers$46,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,320 – $62,7501,290

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

#	Occupation	MedianSeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$134,150	$74,570 – $151,820	1,010
2	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$109,570	$80,000 – $122,440	910
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$103,900	$59,520 – $119,040	3,950
4	Avionics TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$100,200	$70,740 – $116,920	2,880
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,330	$61,410 – $115,550	3,740
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,090	$59,850 – $116,790	1,930
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,030	$58,260 – $103,240	1,750
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,100	$51,380 – $129,390	3,940
9	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,920	$55,890 – $117,550	4,600
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,750	$49,450 – $105,720	860
11	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$77,020	$48,250 – $110,480	930
12	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,910	$52,210 – $102,730	1,000
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,590	$46,350 – $154,890	1,340
14	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,500	$46,830 – $88,690	1,360
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,760	$45,610 – $87,840	17,790
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,290	$43,750 – $99,190	6,860
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$49,470	$39,510 – $75,520	1,490
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,030	$40,320 – $62,750	1,290

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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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