High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Tallahassee, FL with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Tallahassee, FL 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 Tallahassee, FL run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Tallahassee, FL salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Tallahassee, FL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$80,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,350 – $106,220120
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,190 – $91,470220
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $72,130140
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,180 – $75,370210
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$55,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,060 – $72,910210
6Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$55,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,010 – $69,700120
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$53,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,640 – $73,300620
8Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$48,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $70,54090
9Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$45,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,510 – $74,840870
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$45,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,900 – $74,480120
11Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$44,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,970 – $57,19070
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$43,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,460 – $58,770150
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$43,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,980 – $61,9001,980
14Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $48,68090
15Tire Repairers and Changers$33,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,870 – $44,380120

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

#	Occupation	MedianTallahassee, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,180	$48,350 – $106,220	120
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,730	$42,190 – $91,470	220
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,980	$37,140 – $72,130	140
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,540	$43,180 – $75,370	210
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,540	$40,060 – $72,910	210
6	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,430	$36,010 – $69,700	120
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$53,690	$35,640 – $73,300	620
8	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,890	$36,500 – $70,540	90
9	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,640	$29,510 – $74,840	870
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,160	$33,900 – $74,480	120
11	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,750	$31,970 – $57,190	70
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,880	$34,460 – $58,770	150
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,280	$30,980 – $61,900	1,980
14	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,130	$27,040 – $48,680	90
15	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,250	$28,870 – $44,380	120

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