High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Springfield, MO with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Springfield, MO 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 Springfield, MO run 11.4% below the national average (2024), so a Springfield, MO salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Springfield, MO · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$98,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,270 – $108,800160
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$62,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,820 – $77,610200
3Maintenance Workers, Machinery$62,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,070 – $80,160190
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,170 – $74,580310
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,700 – $89,700220
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,280 – $96,090830
7Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$57,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,610 – $98,090120
8Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $81,090420
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$56,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,760 – $78,710690
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$50,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,020 – $70,030210
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$50,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,620 – $81,620190
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,330 – $77,4601,840
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,470 – $77,750160
14Medical Equipment Repairers$47,460
Associate's degree
$36,850 – $99,420110
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,380 – $70,4302,430
16Home Appliance Repairers$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,900 – $75,46080
17Tire Repairers and Changers$39,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,820 – $64,180200
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$37,880
Some college, no degree
$35,670 – $57,350100
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$31,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $43,70080

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

#	Occupation	MedianSpringfield, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,090	$69,270 – $108,800	160
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,770	$46,820 – $77,610	200
3	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,410	$48,070 – $80,160	190
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$46,170 – $74,580	310
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,100	$43,700 – $89,700	220
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,840	$39,280 – $96,090	830
7	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,600	$41,610 – $98,090	120
8	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,470	$35,610 – $81,090	420
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,410	$38,760 – $78,710	690
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,550	$40,020 – $70,030	210
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,280	$38,620 – $81,620	190
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,570	$31,330 – $77,460	1,840
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,230	$40,470 – $77,750	160
14	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$47,460	$36,850 – $99,420	110
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$32,380 – $70,430	2,430
16	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$31,900 – $75,460	80
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,370	$29,820 – $64,180	200
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$37,880	$35,670 – $57,350	100
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,980	$28,600 – $43,700	80

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