High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Texarkana, TX-AR with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Texarkana, TX-AR 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 Texarkana, TX-AR run 16.0% below the national average (2024), so a Texarkana, TX-AR salary is worth about 1.19× 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, Texarkana, TX-AR · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$77,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $95,37040
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$65,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,050 – $80,290280
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$62,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,070 – $77,40060
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,300 – $72,510460
5Automotive Body and Related Repairers$48,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,920 – $63,69080
6Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$47,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,150 – $71,570130
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$47,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $69,640180
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$46,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,760 – $76,80070
9Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$44,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,460 – $75,870410
10Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$40,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,390 – $64,610570
11Medical Equipment Repairers$36,750
Associate's degree
$34,160 – $48,26070
12Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$36,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $61,66070
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,770 – $59,72080
14Tire Repairers and Changers$34,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,060 – $39,370100
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$33,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,500 – $41,41080

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

#	Occupation	MedianTexarkana, TX-AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,700	$35,360 – $95,370	40
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,980	$45,050 – $80,290	280
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,820	$42,070 – $77,400	60
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,920	$47,300 – $72,510	460
5	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,080	$33,920 – $63,690	80
6	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,760	$37,150 – $71,570	130
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,400	$37,850 – $69,640	180
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,840	$39,760 – $76,800	70
9	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,940	$29,460 – $75,870	410
10	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,030	$27,390 – $64,610	570
11	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$36,750	$34,160 – $48,260	70
12	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,460	$31,200 – $61,660	70
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$25,770 – $59,720	80
14	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,020	$29,060 – $39,370	100
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,520	$17,500 – $41,410	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Texarkana, TX-AR. 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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