High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Sioux Falls, SD-MN with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Sioux Falls, SD-MN 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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN run 9.4% below the national average (2024), so a Sioux Falls, SD-MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Sioux Falls, SD-MN · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$102,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,980 – $110,980130
2Medical Equipment Repairers$75,310
Associate's degree
$52,370 – $106,130100
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$74,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,160 – $97,67080
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$66,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,280 – $83,470370
5Millwrights$64,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,660 – $76,07060
6Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$63,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,170 – $79,090200
7Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$63,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,380 – $81,840250
8Wind Turbine Service Technicians$62,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,350 – $76,400100
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,990 – $76,070600
10Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,320 – $73,530430
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,800 – $81,120620
12Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,770 – $95,130230
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$59,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,250 – $80,500720
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$59,180
Some college, no degree
$37,770 – $77,260140
15Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$55,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,360 – $73,130180
16Automotive Body and Related Repairers$50,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,590 – $80,100240
17Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $61,4801,270
18Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$48,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,370 – $70,970240
19Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $71,860290
20Tire Repairers and Changers$38,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,850 – $49,110110

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

#	Occupation	MedianSioux Falls, SD-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,600	$64,980 – $110,980	130
2	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$75,310	$52,370 – $106,130	100
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,150	$51,160 – $97,670	80
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,730	$58,280 – $83,470	370
5	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,090	$52,660 – $76,070	60
6	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,860	$47,170 – $79,090	200
7	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,000	$46,380 – $81,840	250
8	Wind Turbine Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,650	$46,350 – $76,400	100
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,440	$48,990 – $76,070	600
10	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,920	$48,320 – $73,530	430
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,700	$46,800 – $81,120	620
12	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,430	$39,770 – $95,130	230
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,190	$40,250 – $80,500	720
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$59,180	$37,770 – $77,260	140
15	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,690	$46,360 – $73,130	180
16	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,310	$45,590 – $80,100	240
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,330	$38,780 – $61,480	1,270
18	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,030	$35,370 – $70,970	240
19	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$38,620 – $71,860	290
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,800	$30,850 – $49,110	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sioux Falls, SD-MN. 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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