High paying construction jobs in Boulder, CO

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Boulder, CO. 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 Boulder, CO run 5.2% above the national average (2024), so a Boulder, CO salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Boulder, CO · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$82,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,020 – $118,790560
2Construction and Building Inspectors$80,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,540 – $107,910160
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$71,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,440 – $93,370190
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,470 – $101,270420
5Electricians$64,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,110 – $94,890420
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,330
No formal educational credential
$46,420 – $75,270150
7Carpenters$59,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,670 – $81,310540
8Roofers$56,140
No formal educational credential
$47,820 – $75,970140
9Sheet Metal Workers$55,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,930 – $85,40060
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$52,760
No formal educational credential
$46,980 – $76,230140
11Construction Laborers$47,980
No formal educational credential
$38,160 – $66,560540

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

#	Occupation	MedianBoulder, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,340	$60,020 – $118,790	560
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,570	$57,540 – $107,910	160
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,060	$50,440 – $93,370	190
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,890	$49,470 – $101,270	420
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,120	$47,110 – $94,890	420
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$60,330	$46,420 – $75,270	150
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,760	$42,670 – $81,310	540
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$56,140	$47,820 – $75,970	140
9	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,640	$39,930 – $85,400	60
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$52,760	$46,980 – $76,230	140
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$47,980	$38,160 – $66,560	540

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