High paying repair and maintenance jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in St. Louis, MO-IL 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 St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× 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, St. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$103,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,950 – $120,430910
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$77,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,980 – $106,890890
3Industrial Machinery Mechanics$76,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,680 – $104,1102,610
4Maintenance Workers, Machinery$71,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,260 – $94,700840
5Millwrights$66,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,880 – $94,650420
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,910 – $93,8701,340
7Automotive Body and Related Repairers$63,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,560 – $81,7301,950
8Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$63,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,870 – $100,1802,980
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,290 – $85,4602,610
10Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$60,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,230 – $96,8201,350
11Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$60,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,170 – $95,1601,040
12Medical Equipment Repairers$59,610
Associate's degree
$39,330 – $107,440550
13Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$58,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,900 – $75,620780
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$58,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,280 – $78,1407,590
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$55,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,500 – $85,5001,010
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$53,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,320 – $79,33013,170
17Home Appliance Repairers$49,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,990 – $79,600420
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,880
Some college, no degree
$36,270 – $59,860640
19Tire Repairers and Changers$39,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,780 – $50,070730

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,960	$63,950 – $120,430	910
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,600	$47,980 – $106,890	890
3	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,780	$51,680 – $104,110	2,610
4	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,840	$51,260 – $94,700	840
5	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,480	$46,880 – $94,650	420
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,640	$46,910 – $93,870	1,340
7	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,920	$39,560 – $81,730	1,950
8	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,000	$45,870 – $100,180	2,980
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,280	$46,290 – $85,460	2,610
10	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,990	$44,230 – $96,820	1,350
11	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,690	$36,170 – $95,160	1,040
12	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$59,610	$39,330 – $107,440	550
13	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,980	$43,900 – $75,620	780
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,190	$36,280 – $78,140	7,590
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,960	$40,500 – $85,500	1,010
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,930	$36,320 – $79,330	13,170
17	Home Appliance RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,930	$38,990 – $79,600	420
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$47,880	$36,270 – $59,860	640
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,050	$31,780 – $50,070	730

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-IL. 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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