High paying construction jobs in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX run 10.0% below the national average (2024), so a Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX · Employed

1Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers$100,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,150 – $116,05070
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,290 – $98,5102,460
3Boilermakers$73,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,080 – $103,600230
4Pile Driver Operators$66,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,960 – $66,19090
5Construction and Building Inspectors$62,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,990 – $101,250270
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$62,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $85,3801,250
7Electricians$61,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,240 – $75,0902,000
8Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers$60,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $60,470200
9Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$60,070
No formal educational credential
$37,200 – $102,110100
10Carpenters$58,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,740 – $72,0901,000
11Structural Iron and Steel Workers$57,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,670 – $71,800310
12Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$56,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $75,8301,120
13Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$54,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $65,12080
14Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$48,310
No formal educational credential
$37,520 – $62,040250
15Helpers--Carpenters$48,250
No formal educational credential
$36,730 – $56,56090
16Insulation Workers, Mechanical$47,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,690 – $61,410110
17Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$47,610
No formal educational credential
$35,950 – $59,940200
18Helpers--Electricians$46,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $57,540290
19Highway Maintenance Workers$45,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,280 – $54,270110
20Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,840
No formal educational credential
$35,870 – $55,290530
21Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$45,560
No formal educational credential
$36,400 – $53,550230
22Construction Laborers$44,240
No formal educational credential
$35,050 – $64,5803,340
23Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$43,110
No formal educational credential
$35,570 – $49,100220
24Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$39,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $48,220160

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

#	Occupation	MedianBeaumont-Port Arthur, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Elevator and Escalator Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,350	$54,150 – $116,050	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,390	$49,290 – $98,510	2,460
3	BoilermakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,060	$54,080 – $103,600	230
4	Pile Driver OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,140	$62,960 – $66,190	90
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,390	$40,990 – $101,250	270
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,220	$45,640 – $85,380	1,250
7	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,380	$45,240 – $75,090	2,000
8	Reinforcing Iron and Rebar WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,320	$42,210 – $60,470	200
9	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$60,070	$37,200 – $102,110	100
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,290	$44,740 – $72,090	1,000
11	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,220	$42,670 – $71,800	310
12	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,850	$39,430 – $75,830	1,120
13	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,130	$40,100 – $65,120	80
14	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$48,310	$37,520 – $62,040	250
15	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$48,250	$36,730 – $56,560	90
16	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,770	$37,690 – $61,410	110
17	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$47,610	$35,950 – $59,940	200
18	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,050	$36,000 – $57,540	290
19	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,910	$36,280 – $54,270	110
20	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,840	$35,870 – $55,290	530
21	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$45,560	$36,400 – $53,550	230
22	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$44,240	$35,050 – $64,580	3,340
23	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$43,110	$35,570 – $49,100	220
24	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,130	$34,950 – $48,220	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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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