High paying construction jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$74,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,640 – $99,9101,320
2Electricians$59,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,930 – $108,510860
3Carpenters$58,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $74,850830
4Construction and Building Inspectors$58,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,170 – $83,850190
5Structural Iron and Steel Workers$56,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,540 – $71,75080
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$54,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $77,330540
7Sheet Metal Workers$48,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $63,90090
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,710 – $67,040670
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$46,350
No formal educational credential
$34,180 – $69,100160
10Highway Maintenance Workers$44,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,820 – $60,270180
11Roofers$41,430
No formal educational credential
$32,460 – $62,76090
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$41,090
No formal educational credential
$32,000 – $54,570150
13Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$41,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,770 – $56,590110
14Construction Laborers$38,730
No formal educational credential
$27,560 – $58,8501,630
15Helpers--Electricians$37,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,330 – $49,220200
16Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$36,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,980 – $45,320150

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

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,360	$50,640 – $99,910	1,320
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,660	$37,930 – $108,510	860
3	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,930	$37,760 – $74,850	830
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,890	$40,170 – $83,850	190
5	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,900	$40,540 – $71,750	80
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,690	$36,490 – $77,330	540
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,970	$37,060 – $63,900	90
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,190	$38,710 – $67,040	670
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$46,350	$34,180 – $69,100	160
10	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,710	$34,820 – $60,270	180
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$41,430	$32,460 – $62,760	90
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$41,090	$32,000 – $54,570	150
13	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,010	$28,770 – $56,590	110
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$38,730	$27,560 – $58,850	1,630
15	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,580	$29,330 – $49,220	200
16	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,920	$29,980 – $45,320	150

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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