High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Vallejo, CA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Vallejo, CA 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 Vallejo, CA run 8.5% above the national average (2024), so a Vallejo, CA salary is worth about 0.92× 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, Vallejo, CA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$112,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$76,680 – $157,170360
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$97,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,550 – $105,530120
3Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$95,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,960 – $134,94070
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$93,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$76,920 – $164,42070
5Maintenance Workers, Machinery$83,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,580 – $90,17070
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$80,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,730 – $102,380320
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$78,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,830 – $126,620520
8Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$76,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,090 – $94,12070
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$75,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,490 – $100,300200
10Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$74,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,930 – $107,470140
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$73,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,630 – $97,960160
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$69,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,490 – $98,530760
13Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$67,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,440 – $98,800490
14Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers$62,890
Associate's degree
$52,030 – $82,92050
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$61,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,160 – $92,8901,190
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$57,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,470 – $75,920240
17Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$46,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,640 – $64,93090
18Tire Repairers and Changers$38,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,670 – $53,500260

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

#	Occupation	MedianVallejo, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$112,990	$76,680 – $157,170	360
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,980	$62,550 – $105,530	120
3	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,950	$47,960 – $134,940	70
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$93,500	$76,920 – $164,420	70
5	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,540	$58,580 – $90,170	70
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,900	$50,730 – $102,380	320
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,200	$50,830 – $126,620	520
8	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,390	$46,090 – $94,120	70
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,500	$49,490 – $100,300	200
10	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,240	$42,930 – $107,470	140
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,890	$45,630 – $97,960	160
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$69,710	$44,490 – $98,530	760
13	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,950	$49,440 – $98,800	490
14	Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and RepairersAssociate's degree	$62,890	$52,030 – $82,920	50
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,400	$42,160 – $92,890	1,190
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,520	$43,470 – $75,920	240
17	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,730	$38,640 – $64,930	90
18	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,690	$35,670 – $53,500	260

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