High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Vermont with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Vermont 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 Vermont run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Vermont salary is worth about 1.02× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Vermont.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Vermont · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$108,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$89,450 – $125,680270
2Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$81,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,910 – $90,820310
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$76,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$55,610 – $98,810160
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,000 – $85,850110
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,520 – $89,490350
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,170 – $86,210700
7Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,280 – $93,110970
8Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$61,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,070 – $85,170310
9Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$60,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,280 – $82,220110
10Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$59,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,380 – $84,060550
11Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$58,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,950 – $73,590130
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$55,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,180 – $74,9402,610
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$51,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,500 – $78,6901,610
14Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$51,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $62,390110
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$51,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,180 – $77,990580
16Automotive Body and Related Repairers$50,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,510 – $74,140320
17Tire Repairers and Changers$44,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $46,370120

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

#	Occupation	MedianVermont	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$108,520	$89,450 – $125,680	270
2	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,800	$49,910 – $90,820	310
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,370	$55,610 – $98,810	160
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,000	$52,000 – $85,850	110
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,020	$48,520 – $89,490	350
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,180	$50,170 – $86,210	700
7	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,150	$50,280 – $93,110	970
8	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,970	$50,070 – $85,170	310
9	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,080	$44,280 – $82,220	110
10	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,390	$46,380 – $84,060	550
11	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,750	$45,950 – $73,590	130
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,510	$42,180 – $74,940	2,610
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,630	$40,500 – $78,690	1,610
14	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,250	$36,240 – $62,390	110
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,030	$42,180 – $77,990	580
16	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,900	$38,510 – $74,140	320
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,480	$39,000 – $46,370	120

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