High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Valdosta, GA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Valdosta, GA 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 Valdosta, GA run 11.7% below the national average (2024), so a Valdosta, GA 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, Valdosta, GA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$81,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,740 – $119,40050
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$58,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,980 – $81,280160
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$57,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,020 – $75,67060
4Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$54,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $73,78090
5Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$50,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $56,75050
6Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$50,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,420 – $63,95050
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$49,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,110 – $93,23060
8Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,200 – $69,17030
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$47,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,510 – $66,130100
10Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,070 – $75,640310
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$43,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,970 – $63,010720
12Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$43,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $61,09060
13Automotive Body and Related Repairers$43,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,320 – $64,79090
14Medical Equipment Repairers$41,040
Associate's degree
$34,960 – $65,78030
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$31,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,960 – $45,48050
16Tire Repairers and Changers$27,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,450 – $39,78070

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

#	Occupation	MedianValdosta, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,390	$56,740 – $119,400	50
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,160	$40,980 – $81,280	160
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,770	$40,020 – $75,670	60
4	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,330	$35,930 – $73,780	90
5	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,840	$37,420 – $56,750	50
6	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,000	$38,420 – $63,950	50
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,870	$34,110 – $93,230	60
8	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$38,200 – $69,170	30
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,020	$34,510 – $66,130	100
10	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,730	$30,070 – $75,640	310
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,760	$27,970 – $63,010	720
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,240	$29,640 – $61,090	60
13	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,120	$35,320 – $64,790	90
14	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$41,040	$34,960 – $65,780	30
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,240	$16,960 – $45,480	50
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,750	$24,450 – $39,780	70

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