High paying construction jobs in Albany, OR

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Albany, OR. 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 Albany, OR run 2.1% above the national average (2024), so a Albany, OR salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Albany, OR · Employed

1Electricians$100,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,370 – $123,500440
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$88,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,680 – $141,490220
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$84,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,790 – $103,730130
4Highway Maintenance Workers$68,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,430 – $74,84040
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$68,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,040 – $104,250150
6Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$64,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,650 – $74,07040
7Sheet Metal Workers$63,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,430 – $81,150120
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$59,930
No formal educational credential
$46,820 – $79,17040
9Carpenters$57,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,690 – $97,780340
10Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$53,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,440 – $64,71040
11Construction Laborers$51,470
No formal educational credential
$40,300 – $72,250370
12Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$50,540
No formal educational credential
$35,790 – $81,59040
13Roofers$50,490
No formal educational credential
$46,840 – $74,360160
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,150
No formal educational credential
$37,520 – $61,230180

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlbany, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,230	$61,370 – $123,500	440
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,710	$63,680 – $141,490	220
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,620	$46,790 – $103,730	130
4	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,600	$59,430 – $74,840	40
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,080	$49,040 – $104,250	150
6	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,690	$59,650 – $74,070	40
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,310	$46,430 – $81,150	120
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$59,930	$46,820 – $79,170	40
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,080	$45,690 – $97,780	340
10	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,370	$50,440 – $64,710	40
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$51,470	$40,300 – $72,250	370
12	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$50,540	$35,790 – $81,590	40
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$50,490	$46,840 – $74,360	160
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,150	$37,520 – $61,230	180

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