High paying construction jobs in Battle Creek, MI

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Battle Creek, MI. 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 Battle Creek, MI run 9.5% below the national average (2024), so a Battle Creek, MI salary is worth about 1.10× 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

Find construction jobs in Battle Creek, MI

OccupationMedian, Battle Creek, MI · Employed

1Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$78,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,870 – $78,020150
2Electricians$76,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,650 – $86,260230
3First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,000 – $95,590170
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$73,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,480 – $103,370140
5Sheet Metal Workers$72,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,270 – $97,350110
6Construction and Building Inspectors$70,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,540 – $108,18040
7Carpenters$62,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,580 – $77,800130
8Construction Laborers$56,700
No formal educational credential
$39,380 – $65,000220
9Highway Maintenance Workers$56,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,060 – $61,15040
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$50,150
No formal educational credential
$40,100 – $73,99050
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$49,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,280 – $84,95060

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

#	Occupation	MedianBattle Creek, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,020	$56,870 – $78,020	150
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,630	$44,650 – $86,260	230
3	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,870	$52,000 – $95,590	170
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,900	$45,480 – $103,370	140
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,370	$42,270 – $97,350	110
6	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,660	$42,540 – $108,180	40
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,140	$44,580 – $77,800	130
8	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$56,700	$39,380 – $65,000	220
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,200	$38,060 – $61,150	40
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$50,150	$40,100 – $73,990	50
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,050	$43,280 – $84,950	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Battle Creek, MI. 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.

More for Battle Creek, MI

Other metro areas in MI

By field in Battle Creek, MI

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Battle Creek, MI to rank honestly.

High paying construction jobs in Battle Creek, MI

More for Battle Creek, MI

Other metro areas in MI

By field in Battle Creek, MI

Without a degree

High paying construction jobs in each state