High paying construction jobs in Casper, WY

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Casper, WY. 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 Casper, WY run 6.2% below the national average (2024), so a Casper, WY 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, Casper, WY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,870 – $128,660410
2Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$76,840
No formal educational credential
$71,050 – $84,82030
3Electricians$69,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,990 – $96,370450
4Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$64,680
No formal educational credential
$47,090 – $94,390180
5Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,310
No formal educational credential
$42,840 – $92,01060
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$62,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,850 – $79,630230
7Construction and Building Inspectors$61,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $96,16050
8Roofers$58,410
No formal educational credential
$36,750 – $60,51040
9Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas$57,750
No formal educational credential
$38,030 – $102,95090
10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$54,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,440 – $73,510280
11Extraction Workers, All Other$51,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,780 – $74,880110
12Carpenters$49,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,590 – $63,990170
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,480
No formal educational credential
$31,360 – $65,96070
14Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$47,270
No formal educational credential
$34,840 – $65,510230
15Insulation Workers, Mechanical$46,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,560 – $58,300140
16Construction Laborers$44,410
No formal educational credential
$36,400 – $50,060460

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

#	Occupation	MedianCasper, WY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,970	$54,870 – $128,660	410
2	Derrick Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$76,840	$71,050 – $84,820	30
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,640	$45,990 – $96,370	450
4	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$64,680	$47,090 – $94,390	180
5	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,310	$42,840 – $92,010	60
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,050	$42,850 – $79,630	230
7	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,560	$34,930 – $96,160	50
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$58,410	$36,750 – $60,510	40
9	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$57,750	$38,030 – $102,950	90
10	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,870	$43,440 – $73,510	280
11	Extraction Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,160	$46,780 – $74,880	110
12	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,960	$39,590 – $63,990	170
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,480	$31,360 – $65,960	70
14	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$47,270	$34,840 – $65,510	230
15	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,190	$37,560 – $58,300	140
16	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$44,410	$36,400 – $50,060	460

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