High paying construction jobs in Billings, MT

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Billings, MT. 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 Billings, MT run 6.5% below the national average (2024), so a Billings, MT salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Billings, MT · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$81,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,870 – $106,550360
2Electricians$80,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,940 – $92,080510
3Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$78,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,680 – $132,37040
4First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,820 – $103,400710
5Construction and Building Inspectors$74,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,410 – $102,28040
6Structural Iron and Steel Workers$69,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,880 – $75,69060
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,650
No formal educational credential
$47,860 – $94,970140
8Sheet Metal Workers$62,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,800 – $80,28080
9Highway Maintenance Workers$62,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,360 – $63,790180
10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,870 – $79,340540
11Carpenters$58,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,830 – $75,940530
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$58,140
No formal educational credential
$35,640 – $66,750120
13Fence Erectors$57,380
No formal educational credential
$40,540 – $74,480170
14Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$56,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,540 – $63,67080
15Roofers$51,980
No formal educational credential
$46,330 – $67,20080
16Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$50,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $77,49060
17Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$50,210
No formal educational credential
$38,150 – $86,01070
18Glaziers$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $62,580100
19Construction Laborers$49,240
No formal educational credential
$38,350 – $64,440830
20Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$48,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $74,83080
21Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $65,32080

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

#	Occupation	MedianBillings, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,690	$51,870 – $106,550	360
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,980	$49,940 – $92,080	510
3	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,410	$63,680 – $132,370	40
4	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,450	$57,820 – $103,400	710
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,960	$50,410 – $102,280	40
6	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,030	$47,880 – $75,690	60
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,650	$47,860 – $94,970	140
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,480	$44,800 – $80,280	80
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,380	$53,360 – $63,790	180
10	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,990	$49,870 – $79,340	540
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,950	$39,830 – $75,940	530
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$58,140	$35,640 – $66,750	120
13	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$57,380	$40,540 – $74,480	170
14	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,700	$52,540 – $63,670	80
15	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$51,980	$46,330 – $67,200	80
16	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,760	$45,730 – $77,490	60
17	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$50,210	$38,150 – $86,010	70
18	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$40,100 – $62,580	100
19	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,240	$38,350 – $64,440	830
20	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,890	$36,510 – $74,830	80
21	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$37,040 – $65,320	80

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