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| Career | Median yearly payAll workers · May 2025 | Projected growth2025–35 | Openings per yearprojected, 2025–35 | Typical education to start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction laborers No bachelor's needed | $47,120 | +7.3% | 120,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Electricians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $63,190 | +9.2% | 72,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $79,920 | +5.0% | 67,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Carpenters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $60,580 | +3.9% | 62,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $63,800 | +6.8% | 42,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $59,850 | +4.6% | 39,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Painters, construction and maintenance No bachelor's needed | $49,400 | +3.0% | 24,900 | No formal educational credential |
| Construction and building inspectors No bachelor's needed | $74,690 | +0.0% | 14,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers No bachelor's needed | $57,020 | +1.6% | 13,600 | No formal educational credential |
| Roofers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $55,440 | +5.3% | 12,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Highway maintenance workers No bachelor's needed | $50,260 | +3.4% | 11,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Sheet metal workers No bachelor's needed | $61,800 | +2.5% | 9,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers No bachelor's needed | $58,930 | +2.5% | 6,600 | No formal educational credential |
| Helpers--electricians No bachelor's needed | $42,670 | +0.6% | 6,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Structural iron and steel workers No bachelor's needed | $62,780 | +3.1% | 5,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters No bachelor's needed | $42,360 | +2.4% | 4,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Hazardous materials removal workers No bachelor's needed | $49,450 | +1.5% | 4,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Solar photovoltaic installers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $53,140 | +36.5% | 4,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons No bachelor's needed | $62,120 | +1.1% | 4,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas No bachelor's needed | $46,960 | +3.6% | 4,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Glaziers No bachelor's needed | $57,080 | +1.9% | 3,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Service unit operators, oil and gas No bachelor's needed | $58,160 | +1.1% | 3,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Tile and stone setters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $55,690 | +9.8% | 3,300 | No formal educational credential |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators No bachelor's needed | $53,340 | -0.9% | 3,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall No bachelor's needed | $49,120 | +2.4% | 3,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners No bachelor's needed | $49,880 | +7.8% | 2,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Fence erectors No bachelor's needed | $47,980 | +5.6% | 2,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining No bachelor's needed | $57,430 | +1.0% | 2,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Miscellaneous construction and related workers No bachelor's needed | $49,910 | +3.9% | 2,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other No bachelor's needed | $42,670 | -1.0% | 2,300 | No formal educational credential |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $56,460 | +9.0% | 2,200 | No formal educational credential |
| Pipelayers No bachelor's needed | $49,000 | -3.1% | 2,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Helpers--carpenters No bachelor's needed | $43,780 | -1.7% | 2,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Elevator and escalator installers and repairers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $109,910 | +5.7% | 1,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Insulation workers, mechanical Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $58,340 | +5.1% | 1,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Plasterers and stucco masons No bachelor's needed | $57,660 | +2.8% | 1,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Continuous mining machine operators No bachelor's needed | $61,810 | +3.2% | 1,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $60,190 | +3.6% | 1,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators No bachelor's needed | $70,070 | +1.5% | 1,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters No bachelor's needed | $47,550 | -11.7% | 1,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas No bachelor's needed | $67,890 | +0.8% | 1,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers No bachelor's needed | $58,970 | -5.3% | 1,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas No bachelor's needed | $58,620 | +1.6% | 900 | No formal educational credential |
| Tapers No bachelor's needed | $68,270 | -1.6% | 900 | No formal educational credential |
| Boilermakers No bachelor's needed | $76,410 | -1.8% | 700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Carpet installers No bachelor's needed | $50,340 | -16.4% | 700 | No formal educational credential |
| Helpers--extraction workers No bachelor's needed | $47,730 | +1.7% | 700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons No bachelor's needed | $40,470 | +1.5% | 700 | No formal educational credential |
| Extraction workers, all other No bachelor's needed | $57,010 | +3.4% | 600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--roofers No bachelor's needed | $44,160 | -0.1% | 600 | No formal educational credential |
| Stonemasons No bachelor's needed | $57,390 | -5.4% | 500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters No bachelor's needed | $61,390 | +0.0% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining No bachelor's needed | $74,500 | -15.8% | 400 | No formal educational credential |
| Rock splitters, quarry No bachelor's needed | $48,740 | +5.8% | 400 | No formal educational credential |
| Floor sanders and finishers No bachelor's needed | $50,440 | +1.4% | 300 | No formal educational credential |
| Underground mining machine operators, all other No bachelor's needed | $70,130 | -1.0% | 300 | No formal educational credential |
| Paperhangers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $52,140 | +4.3% | 200 | No formal educational credential |
| Pile driver operators No bachelor's needed | $73,300 | -5.7% | 200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Roof bolters, mining No bachelor's needed | $78,540 | -18.9% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Terrazzo workers and finishers No bachelor's needed | $76,170 | -13.0% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
Median yearly pay is from May 2025, for all workers at every experience level: half earn more, half less. Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025 to 2035; openings include jobs that come open as people retire or change careers.
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