High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Birmingham, AL

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Birmingham, AL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single repair and maintenance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Birmingham, AL run 8.4% below the national average (2024), so a Birmingham, AL 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, Birmingham, AL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$102,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,360 – $108,100490
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$77,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,280 – $125,0803,220
3Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$67,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,320 – $80,7801,330
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$65,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,000 – $101,830340
5Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$63,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,380 – $77,550610
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$63,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,560 – $94,460840
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,260 – $82,1103,260
8Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$61,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,140 – $85,370380
9Millwrights$60,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,660 – $75,640310
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $75,330400
11Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$55,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,400 – $78,3901,590
12Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$48,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,440 – $69,8302,370
13Medical Equipment Repairers$47,950
Associate's degree
$34,880 – $95,610420
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,630 – $88,1502,220
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,600 – $68,0803,720
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,960 – $57,840330
17Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$44,600
Some college, no degree
$37,240 – $64,070380
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,420 – $49,920400
19Tire Repairers and Changers$35,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,370 – $46,000440

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

#	Occupation	MedianBirmingham, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,470	$52,360 – $108,100	490
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,160	$48,280 – $125,080	3,220
3	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,200	$48,320 – $80,780	1,330
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,610	$49,000 – $101,830	340
5	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,350	$48,380 – $77,550	610
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,080	$45,560 – $94,460	840
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,860	$45,260 – $82,110	3,260
8	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,040	$39,140 – $85,370	380
9	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,830	$42,660 – $75,640	310
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,860	$37,390 – $75,330	400
11	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,040	$39,400 – $78,390	1,590
12	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,740	$37,440 – $69,830	2,370
13	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$47,950	$34,880 – $95,610	420
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,830	$33,630 – $88,150	2,220
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,360	$31,600 – $68,080	3,720
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$31,960 – $57,840	330
17	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$44,600	$37,240 – $64,070	380
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,470	$22,420 – $49,920	400
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,940	$29,370 – $46,000	440

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