High paying construction jobs in Alabama

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Alabama. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single construction job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Alabama run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Alabama salary is worth about 1.13× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Alabama.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Alabama · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$64,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,860 – $105,03013,580
2Construction and Building Inspectors$61,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $85,7701,420
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$58,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,720 – $76,6906,950
4Structural Iron and Steel Workers$56,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,660 – $67,7001,740
5Electricians$55,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,640 – $78,23010,900
6Carpenters$48,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $63,1405,560
7Sheet Metal Workers$47,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,510 – $71,2701,450
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $67,6909,640
9Roofers$45,670
No formal educational credential
$36,120 – $60,9201,010
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$44,720
No formal educational credential
$34,890 – $60,2402,110
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$43,930
No formal educational credential
$34,190 – $57,4901,570
12Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$41,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,990 – $58,140700
13Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,080 – $47,650770
14Highway Maintenance Workers$37,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,620 – $52,7502,730
15Construction Laborers$36,900
No formal educational credential
$23,980 – $49,74018,400
16Helpers--Electricians$36,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,230 – $46,9102,630

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlabama	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,120	$44,860 – $105,030	13,580
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,300	$46,010 – $85,770	1,420
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,670	$37,720 – $76,690	6,950
4	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,640	$40,660 – $67,700	1,740
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,690	$37,640 – $78,230	10,900
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,220	$34,430 – $63,140	5,560
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,530	$35,510 – $71,270	1,450
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$36,230 – $67,690	9,640
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$45,670	$36,120 – $60,920	1,010
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$44,720	$34,890 – $60,240	2,110
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$43,930	$34,190 – $57,490	1,570
12	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,880	$31,990 – $58,140	700
13	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$27,080 – $47,650	770
14	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,430	$27,620 – $52,750	2,730
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$36,900	$23,980 – $49,740	18,400
16	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,490	$30,230 – $46,910	2,630

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Alabama. 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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