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

The best paid repair and maintenance occupations in Mobile, 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 Mobile, AL run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Mobile, AL salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Mobile, AL · Employed

1Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$102,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,600 – $103,580140
2Avionics Technicians$100,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$71,220 – $100,220170
3Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$82,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,510 – $98,440840
4Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$65,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,700 – $90,810140
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,290 – $84,240630
6Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,650 – $96,5101,140
7Riggers$60,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,920 – $73,370210
8Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$60,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,260 – $92,120340
9Millwrights$59,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,640 – $73,320160
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$59,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,830 – $75,070120
11Automotive Body and Related Repairers$58,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $72,850190
12Medical Equipment Repairers$56,030
Associate's degree
$31,260 – $77,04090
13Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$49,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,170 – $68,05060
14Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$49,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,390 – $75,470560
15Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$47,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,220 – $70,720820
16Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,340 – $75,980890
17Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$45,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,900 – $77,270100
18Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,380 – $61,7401,240
19Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$38,380
Some college, no degree
$27,470 – $60,49070
20Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$38,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,620 – $46,390230
21Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$36,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,670 – $53,72080
22Tire Repairers and Changers$36,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,410 – $46,180230

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

#	Occupation	MedianMobile, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,380	$54,600 – $103,580	140
2	Avionics TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$100,220	$71,220 – $100,220	170
3	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$82,260	$54,510 – $98,440	840
4	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,210	$46,700 – $90,810	140
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,480	$47,290 – $84,240	630
6	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,930	$45,650 – $96,510	1,140
7	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,670	$45,920 – $73,370	210
8	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,310	$46,260 – $92,120	340
9	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,130	$47,640 – $73,320	160
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,060	$37,830 – $75,070	120
11	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,990	$37,090 – $72,850	190
12	Medical Equipment RepairersAssociate's degree	$56,030	$31,260 – $77,040	90
13	Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,960	$36,170 – $68,050	60
14	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,880	$38,390 – $75,470	560
15	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,960	$36,220 – $70,720	820
16	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,330	$30,340 – $75,980	890
17	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,080	$30,900 – $77,270	100
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$29,380 – $61,740	1,240
19	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$38,380	$27,470 – $60,490	70
20	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,280	$28,620 – $46,390	230
21	Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,950	$23,670 – $53,720	80
22	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,180	$28,410 – $46,180	230

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