High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Huntsville, AL with no degree

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Huntsville, AL that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. 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 Huntsville, AL run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Huntsville, AL salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Huntsville, AL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$87,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,510 – $105,090200
2Avionics Technicians$78,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,330 – $91,880140
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$75,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,140 – $112,5701,200
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$66,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,940 – $78,370340
5Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$64,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,860 – $96,500320
6Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$63,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,960 – $79,760110
7Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,040 – $94,7101,490
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$61,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,400 – $92,050370
9Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$61,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,080 – $78,550150
10Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$57,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,230 – $93,110110
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,300 – $76,270170
12Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$55,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,440 – $79,010490
13Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$53,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $80,84090
14Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$49,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,590 – $73,030770
15Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $67,060160
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,830 – $82,860940
17Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,810 – $67,9401,540
18Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$39,410
Some college, no degree
$37,610 – $61,600120
19Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,230 – $50,700140
20Tire Repairers and Changers$37,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $48,370290

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

#	Occupation	MedianHuntsville, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,080	$42,510 – $105,090	200
2	Avionics TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,720	$62,330 – $91,880	140
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,610	$47,140 – $112,570	1,200
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,660	$49,940 – $78,370	340
5	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,910	$46,860 – $96,500	320
6	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,900	$50,960 – $79,760	110
7	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,370	$47,040 – $94,710	1,490
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,450	$45,400 – $92,050	370
9	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,080	$39,080 – $78,550	150
10	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,740	$38,230 – $93,110	110
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,520	$32,300 – $76,270	170
12	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,110	$40,440 – $79,010	490
13	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,860	$35,930 – $80,840	90
14	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,940	$37,590 – $73,030	770
15	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,920	$35,700 – $67,060	160
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,840	$33,830 – $82,860	940
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,430	$30,810 – $67,940	1,540
18	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$39,410	$37,610 – $61,600	120
19	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,040	$27,230 – $50,700	140
20	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,260	$29,640 – $48,370	290

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