High paying construction jobs in Dothan, AL with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Dothan, AL 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 Dothan, AL run 16.2% below the national average (2024), so a Dothan, AL salary is worth about 1.19× 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, Dothan, AL · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$49,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $67,070130
2Electricians$47,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,700 – $111,000280
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,790 – $74,880200
4Sheet Metal Workers$45,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,130 – $61,58030
5Painters, Construction and Maintenance$43,910
No formal educational credential
$32,740 – $54,54070
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$43,810
No formal educational credential
$24,730 – $59,38070
7Carpenters$42,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,230 – $55,070130
8Highway Maintenance Workers$38,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,810 – $49,87090
9Helpers--Electricians$35,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,150 – $44,25070
10Construction Laborers$32,000
No formal educational credential
$21,120 – $46,940600

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

#	Occupation	MedianDothan, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,070	$35,980 – $67,070	130
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,630	$36,700 – $111,000	280
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$29,790 – $74,880	200
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,700	$34,130 – $61,580	30
5	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$43,910	$32,740 – $54,540	70
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$43,810	$24,730 – $59,380	70
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,800	$31,230 – $55,070	130
8	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,030	$27,810 – $49,870	90
9	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,740	$28,150 – $44,250	70
10	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$32,000	$21,120 – $46,940	600

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