High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Worcester, MA with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Worcester, MA 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 Worcester, MA run 2.5% above the national average (2024), so a Worcester, MA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Worcester, MA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$116,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$86,360 – $126,040380
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$102,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,370 – $107,910110
3Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$94,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,900 – $115,660200
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$78,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,430 – $98,780320
5Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$73,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,300 – $96,800800
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$72,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,610 – $95,440770
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$71,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,970 – $97,500660
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$66,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,440 – $90,820230
9Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$62,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,350 – $93,120110
10Medical Equipment Repairers$59,390
Associate's degree
$47,750 – $94,660150
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$58,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,470 – $76,290390
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$55,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $77,6302,760
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$54,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,170 – $78,2401,720
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$48,870
Some college, no degree
$40,130 – $66,140150
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,040 – $50,190240

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

#	Occupation	MedianWorcester, MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$116,460	$86,360 – $126,040	380
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,070	$50,370 – $107,910	110
3	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,900	$69,900 – $115,660	200
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,880	$58,430 – $98,780	320
5	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,800	$48,300 – $96,800	800
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,960	$48,610 – $95,440	770
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,780	$51,970 – $97,500	660
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,380	$37,440 – $90,820	230
9	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,760	$43,350 – $93,120	110
10	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$59,390	$47,750 – $94,660	150
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,080	$43,470 – $76,290	390
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,160	$37,820 – $77,630	2,760
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,330	$37,170 – $78,240	1,720
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$48,870	$40,130 – $66,140	150
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,550	$32,040 – $50,190	240

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