High paying construction jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Bakersfield-Delano, CA salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Bakersfield-Delano, CA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$92,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,440 – $132,8201,610
2Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$77,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,600 – $126,1701,000
3Construction and Building Inspectors$76,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,180 – $148,660290
4Electricians$75,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,770 – $123,9401,410
5Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas$75,660
No formal educational credential
$49,870 – $124,270190
6Sheet Metal Workers$74,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,290 – $113,710170
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$70,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,650 – $97,770120
8Carpenters$66,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,120 – $104,8101,100
9Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$66,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $117,840960
10Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$62,170
No formal educational credential
$43,940 – $97,0801,360
11Roofers$60,640
No formal educational credential
$44,990 – $73,080190
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$58,670
No formal educational credential
$44,790 – $96,500600
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$58,540
No formal educational credential
$38,650 – $90,860520
14Solar Photovoltaic Installers$56,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $78,290370
15Construction Laborers$55,800
No formal educational credential
$38,310 – $90,7501,480
16Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$52,640
No formal educational credential
$38,210 – $83,930240
17Helpers--Extraction Workers$51,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,370 – $61,710170
18Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$50,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $79,320150
19Highway Maintenance Workers$50,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,240 – $75,660340
20Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$39,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $49,400110

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

#	Occupation	MedianBakersfield-Delano, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,120	$58,440 – $132,820	1,610
2	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,960	$52,600 – $126,170	1,000
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,480	$48,180 – $148,660	290
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,860	$46,770 – $123,940	1,410
5	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$75,660	$49,870 – $124,270	190
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,690	$45,290 – $113,710	170
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,400	$46,650 – $97,770	120
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,540	$45,120 – $104,810	1,100
9	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,450	$45,670 – $117,840	960
10	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$62,170	$43,940 – $97,080	1,360
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$60,640	$44,990 – $73,080	190
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$58,670	$44,790 – $96,500	600
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$58,540	$38,650 – $90,860	520
14	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,990	$42,210 – $78,290	370
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$55,800	$38,310 – $90,750	1,480
16	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$52,640	$38,210 – $83,930	240
17	Helpers--Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,060	$41,370 – $61,710	170
18	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,240	$41,600 – $79,320	150
19	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,200	$45,240 – $75,660	340
20	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,080	$36,200 – $49,400	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. 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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