High paying construction jobs in Appleton, WI

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Appleton, WI. 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 Appleton, WI run 7.6% below the national average (2024), so a Appleton, WI salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Appleton, WI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$98,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,870 – $122,2201,060
2Structural Iron and Steel Workers$93,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,700 – $93,96080
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$91,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,910 – $119,880890
4Insulation Workers, Mechanical$85,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,340 – $94,68060
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$83,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,520 – $99,330480
6Sheet Metal Workers$81,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,930 – $101,750400
7Brickmasons and Blockmasons$79,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,270 – $97,56090
8Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$78,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,780 – $94,16040
9Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers$75,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $94,08080
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$68,990
No formal educational credential
$49,150 – $98,130330
11Construction and Building Inspectors$68,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,500 – $92,94050
12Electricians$66,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,620 – $97,130810
13Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$64,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,940 – $75,860120
14Carpenters$62,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $96,290700
15Roofers$61,880
No formal educational credential
$40,850 – $79,080120
16Highway Maintenance Workers$60,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,460 – $63,720180
17Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$59,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $63,31060
18Construction Laborers$59,260
No formal educational credential
$38,590 – $82,9001,030
19Painters, Construction and Maintenance$50,640
No formal educational credential
$39,150 – $69,05080
20Helpers--Electricians$39,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $59,690160

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

#	Occupation	MedianAppleton, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,970	$60,870 – $122,220	1,060
2	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$93,960	$60,700 – $93,960	80
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,750	$52,910 – $119,880	890
4	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,580	$58,340 – $94,680	60
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,010	$57,520 – $99,330	480
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,400	$45,930 – $101,750	400
7	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,870	$39,270 – $97,560	90
8	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,260	$47,780 – $94,160	40
9	Elevator and Escalator Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,250	$38,340 – $94,080	80
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$68,990	$49,150 – $98,130	330
11	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,480	$43,500 – $92,940	50
12	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,830	$44,620 – $97,130	810
13	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,720	$52,940 – $75,860	120
14	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,490	$45,670 – $96,290	700
15	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$61,880	$40,850 – $79,080	120
16	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,840	$49,460 – $63,720	180
17	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,410	$36,710 – $63,310	60
18	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$59,260	$38,590 – $82,900	1,030
19	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$50,640	$39,150 – $69,050	80
20	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,680	$37,040 – $59,690	160

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