High paying construction jobs in Beckley, WV

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Beckley, WV. 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 Beckley, WV run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Beckley, WV salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Beckley, WV · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$97,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,410 – $121,960340
2Roof Bolters, Mining$77,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,250 – $81,850190
3Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining$74,130
No formal educational credential
$62,750 – $80,860200
4Extraction Workers, All Other$70,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,750 – $79,71070
5Continuous Mining Machine Operators$64,270
No formal educational credential
$61,710 – $83,110120
6Electricians$63,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,470 – $90,900380
7Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$60,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,450 – $64,19090
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,730 – $64,430480
9Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$50,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $82,16060
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$49,520
No formal educational credential
$31,650 – $57,42040
11Carpenters$48,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,210 – $69,040250
12Highway Maintenance Workers$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,610 – $53,91040
13Construction Laborers$36,310
No formal educational credential
$29,340 – $61,120320

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

#	Occupation	MedianBeckley, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,250	$49,410 – $121,960	340
2	Roof Bolters, MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,920	$63,250 – $81,850	190
3	Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground MiningNo formal educational credential	$74,130	$62,750 – $80,860	200
4	Extraction Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,120	$60,750 – $79,710	70
5	Continuous Mining Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$64,270	$61,710 – $83,110	120
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,060	$43,470 – $90,900	380
7	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,610	$55,450 – $64,190	90
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,700	$36,730 – $64,430	480
9	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,140	$34,960 – $82,160	60
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$49,520	$31,650 – $57,420	40
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,000	$33,210 – $69,040	250
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$29,610 – $53,910	40
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$36,310	$29,340 – $61,120	320

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Beckley, WV. 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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