High paying construction jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX run 1.9% below the national average (2024), so a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,960 – $105,0308,010
2Construction and Building Inspectors$77,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,700 – $108,0701,430
3Sheet Metal Workers$62,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $77,8501,280
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$62,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,810 – $80,9205,260
5Electricians$60,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $78,8207,340
6Structural Iron and Steel Workers$59,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,600 – $77,550710
7Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$51,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,240 – $71,470520
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,420 – $71,3905,010
9Solar Photovoltaic Installers$50,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $73,690830
10Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$50,500
No formal educational credential
$37,990 – $63,950710
11Carpenters$50,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,600 – $70,2002,540
12Highway Maintenance Workers$50,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,920 – $62,360600
13Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$49,410
No formal educational credential
$38,960 – $60,5402,650
14Glaziers$49,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $62,090550
15Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$48,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,940 – $64,380500
16Pipelayers$48,440
No formal educational credential
$38,850 – $62,450740
17Roofers$47,340
No formal educational credential
$36,130 – $69,140480
18Painters, Construction and Maintenance$46,550
No formal educational credential
$39,160 – $59,9701,860
19Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,480 – $56,470590
20Construction Laborers$44,000
No formal educational credential
$33,920 – $58,95011,140

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

#	Occupation	MedianAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,800	$50,960 – $105,030	8,010
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,730	$47,700 – $108,070	1,430
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,990	$38,020 – $77,850	1,280
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,810	$40,810 – $80,920	5,260
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,390	$39,260 – $78,820	7,340
6	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,980	$46,600 – $77,550	710
7	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,420	$42,240 – $71,470	520
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,960	$40,420 – $71,390	5,010
9	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,580	$38,210 – $73,690	830
10	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$50,500	$37,990 – $63,950	710
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,260	$39,600 – $70,200	2,540
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,100	$42,920 – $62,360	600
13	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$49,410	$38,960 – $60,540	2,650
14	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,340	$37,270 – $62,090	550
15	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,720	$38,940 – $64,380	500
16	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$48,440	$38,850 – $62,450	740
17	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,340	$36,130 – $69,140	480
18	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$46,550	$39,160 – $59,970	1,860
19	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$36,480 – $56,470	590
20	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$44,000	$33,920 – $58,950	11,140

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. 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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