High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Utica-Rome, NY with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Utica-Rome, NY 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 Utica-Rome, NY run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Utica-Rome, NY salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Utica-Rome, NY · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$123,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,740 – $127,230120
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$75,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,060 – $108,670170
3Maintenance Workers, Machinery$65,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,700 – $65,53050
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,810 – $80,710420
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,220 – $89,990260
6Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,900 – $70,97050
7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,390 – $83,13050
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,680 – $74,520240
9Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,030 – $86,860120
10Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$50,520
Some college, no degree
$38,440 – $67,87050
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,770 – $72,580670
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,170 – $69,5701,390
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,100 – $57,660120
14Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,060 – $66,62060
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$41,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,110 – $63,72050
16Tire Repairers and Changers$37,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,380 – $57,12040

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

#	Occupation	MedianUtica-Rome, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$123,700	$61,740 – $127,230	120
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,600	$46,060 – $108,670	170
3	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,530	$53,700 – $65,530	50
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,790	$48,810 – $80,710	420
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,880	$43,220 – $89,990	260
6	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,190	$41,900 – $70,970	50
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,400	$46,390 – $83,130	50
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,970	$46,680 – $74,520	240
9	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,770	$45,030 – $86,860	120
10	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$50,520	$38,440 – $67,870	50
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,770	$34,770 – $72,580	670
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,310	$36,170 – $69,570	1,390
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$36,100 – $57,660	120
14	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,990	$36,060 – $66,620	60
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,930	$34,110 – $63,720	50
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,070	$34,380 – $57,120	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Utica-Rome, NY. 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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