High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Dothan, AL with no experience

The best paid repair and maintenance 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

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$75,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,470 – $101,32090
2Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,290 – $78,95080
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$61,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,600 – $78,55030
4Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,610 – $88,35060
5Industrial Machinery Mechanics$51,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,740 – $76,600260
6Millwrights$50,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $61,06060
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$50,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $68,410270
8Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,070 – $65,86040
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$46,210
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,240 – $61,710250
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$45,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,780 – $61,90070
11Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$44,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,510 – $71,310300
12Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$39,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,300 – $60,630430
13Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$38,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,490 – $92,98040
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$35,830
Some college, no degree
$30,000 – $58,64050
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$30,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,310 – $46,89050

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	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,640	$42,470 – $101,320	90
2	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,060	$35,290 – $78,950	80
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,060	$41,600 – $78,550	30
4	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,800	$41,610 – $88,350	60
5	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,600	$37,740 – $76,600	260
6	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,630	$39,120 – $61,060	60
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,500	$38,150 – $68,410	270
8	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$35,070 – $65,860	40
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,210	$35,240 – $61,710	250
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,780	$28,780 – $61,900	70
11	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,170	$28,510 – $71,310	300
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,340	$28,300 – $60,630	430
13	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,010	$29,490 – $92,980	40
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$35,830	$30,000 – $58,640	50
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,500	$27,310 – $46,890	50

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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