High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Columbus, GA-AL with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Columbus, GA-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 Columbus, GA-AL run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, GA-AL salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Columbus, GA-AL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,170 – $106,34060
2Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,900 – $101,210310
3Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$63,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$56,490 – $71,28070
4Millwrights$59,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,850 – $74,68040
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,790 – $67,270240
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,900 – $91,260180
7Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$53,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,530 – $65,030190
8Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$52,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $74,57040
9Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$50,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,250 – $71,440160
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$49,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,960 – $58,550100
11Maintenance Workers, Machinery$49,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,010 – $66,66040
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$48,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,420 – $76,200630
13Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$46,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,680 – $66,180330
14Automotive Body and Related Repairers$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,530 – $68,700130
15Mechanical Door Repairers$46,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,280 – $56,50050
16Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$42,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,930 – $62,9101,430
17Tire Repairers and Changers$33,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,650 – $45,010140
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$32,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,970 – $48,44070

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, GA-AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,640	$47,170 – $106,340	60
2	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,960	$45,900 – $101,210	310
3	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,250	$56,490 – $71,280	70
4	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,680	$47,850 – $74,680	40
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,360	$45,790 – $67,270	240
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,860	$37,900 – $91,260	180
7	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,180	$34,530 – $65,030	190
8	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,520	$37,980 – $74,570	40
9	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,380	$40,250 – $71,440	160
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,620	$30,960 – $58,550	100
11	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,240	$35,010 – $66,660	40
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,830	$30,420 – $76,200	630
13	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,780	$33,680 – $66,180	330
14	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$34,530 – $68,700	130
15	Mechanical Door RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,080	$36,280 – $56,500	50
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,970	$28,930 – $62,910	1,430
17	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,300	$24,650 – $45,010	140
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,770	$18,970 – $48,440	70

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