High paying construction jobs in Bismarck, ND

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bismarck, ND. 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 Bismarck, ND run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Bismarck, ND 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

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OccupationMedian, Bismarck, ND · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,630 – $123,870400
2Construction and Building Inspectors$75,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,760 – $96,41030
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$70,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,830 – $94,940220
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$62,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,030 – $87,290580
5Electricians$61,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,630 – $92,730480
6Highway Maintenance Workers$59,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,220 – $68,380130
7Insulation Workers, Mechanical$58,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,250 – $75,44060
8Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$58,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,310 – $105,47030
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$57,530
No formal educational credential
$36,720 – $66,830190
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$55,170
No formal educational credential
$37,790 – $70,40090
11Carpenters$54,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $77,680510
12Roofers$50,340
No formal educational credential
$46,180 – $95,48050
13Construction Laborers$49,770
No formal educational credential
$38,950 – $73,010620

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

#	Occupation	MedianBismarck, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,530	$56,630 – $123,870	400
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,530	$46,760 – $96,410	30
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,310	$46,830 – $94,940	220
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,150	$48,030 – $87,290	580
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,900	$46,630 – $92,730	480
6	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,430	$46,220 – $68,380	130
7	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,480	$47,250 – $75,440	60
8	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,030	$47,310 – $105,470	30
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$57,530	$36,720 – $66,830	190
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$55,170	$37,790 – $70,400	90
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,670	$37,240 – $77,680	510
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$50,340	$46,180 – $95,480	50
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,770	$38,950 – $73,010	620

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