High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Dalton, GA

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dalton, GA. 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 Dalton, GA run 10.2% below the national average (2024), so a Dalton, GA salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Dalton, GA · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$72,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,570 – $93,790100
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$70,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,520 – $108,740350
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$67,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,900 – $76,080150
4Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$65,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,960 – $65,850150
5Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,320 – $77,770280
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$57,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,440 – $62,58050
7Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$56,670
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,390 – $96,70060
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$55,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,340 – $65,950910
9Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $63,03050
10Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,430 – $74,320250
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $62,9601,010
12Maintenance Workers, Machinery$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,740 – $61,25050
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$44,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,550 – $68,21060
14Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$37,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,320 – $44,85040

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

#	Occupation	MedianDalton, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,150	$46,570 – $93,790	100
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,830	$49,520 – $108,740	350
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,610	$60,900 – $76,080	150
4	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,560	$36,960 – $65,850	150
5	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,820	$43,320 – $77,770	280
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,150	$46,440 – $62,580	50
7	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,670	$35,390 – $96,700	60
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,050	$43,340 – $65,950	910
9	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$39,120 – $63,030	50
10	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,770	$30,430 – $74,320	250
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$35,880 – $62,960	1,010
12	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$36,740 – $61,250	50
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,760	$34,550 – $68,210	60
14	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,050	$25,320 – $44,850	40

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