High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Winston-Salem, NC with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Winston-Salem, NC 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$98,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,070 – $111,180110
2Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$73,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,540 – $115,250240
3Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$64,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,880 – $93,420110
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,860 – $78,8701,050
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$60,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,310 – $79,870170
6Maintenance Workers, Machinery$60,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,040 – $76,310290
7Medical Equipment Repairers$59,850
Associate's degree
$33,480 – $74,720110
8Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,450 – $73,930580
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,770 – $74,610700
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $72,620320
11Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $70,560130
12Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$48,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $78,840140
13Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$47,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,820 – $61,50090
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,640 – $71,2702,480
15Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,500 – $76,1301,630
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $66,100280
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$44,810
Some college, no degree
$35,560 – $59,870100
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $48,520200
19Tire Repairers and Changers$34,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,270 – $46,670150

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,720	$57,070 – $111,180	110
2	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,480	$48,540 – $115,250	240
3	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,360	$47,880 – $93,420	110
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,120	$41,860 – $78,870	1,050
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,570	$45,310 – $79,870	170
6	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,380	$46,040 – $76,310	290
7	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$59,850	$33,480 – $74,720	110
8	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,100	$41,450 – $73,930	580
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,360	$37,770 – $74,610	700
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,520	$36,210 – $72,620	320
11	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$35,880 – $70,560	130
12	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,170	$36,950 – $78,840	140
13	Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,740	$31,820 – $61,500	90
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,090	$31,640 – $71,270	2,480
15	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,080	$31,500 – $76,130	1,630
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,470	$33,330 – $66,100	280
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$44,810	$35,560 – $59,870	100
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,350	$30,300 – $48,520	200
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,960	$28,270 – $46,670	150

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Winston-Salem, NC. 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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