High paying construction jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Champaign-Urbana, IL. 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 Champaign-Urbana, IL run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Champaign-Urbana, IL salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Champaign-Urbana, IL · Employed

1Electricians$100,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,970 – $105,710410
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$96,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,310 – $125,060370
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$95,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,680 – $112,850390
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$92,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,690 – $113,480160
5Sheet Metal Workers$92,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,440 – $100,530110
6Painters, Construction and Maintenance$84,370
No formal educational credential
$42,210 – $95,590160
7Brickmasons and Blockmasons$83,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,840 – $105,82040
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$74,660
No formal educational credential
$46,900 – $85,610110
9Construction and Building Inspectors$73,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,820 – $99,21070
10Carpenters$66,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,960 – $100,040310
11Highway Maintenance Workers$65,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,350 – $100,790290
12Roofers$60,150
No formal educational credential
$40,100 – $80,19070
13Construction Laborers$59,460
No formal educational credential
$37,990 – $97,820570

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

#	Occupation	MedianChampaign-Urbana, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,320	$47,970 – $105,710	410
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,940	$63,310 – $125,060	370
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,530	$50,680 – $112,850	390
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,900	$57,690 – $113,480	160
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,710	$44,440 – $100,530	110
6	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$84,370	$42,210 – $95,590	160
7	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,250	$44,840 – $105,820	40
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$74,660	$46,900 – $85,610	110
9	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,350	$47,820 – $99,210	70
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,980	$42,960 – $100,040	310
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,730	$34,350 – $100,790	290
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$60,150	$40,100 – $80,190	70
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$59,460	$37,990 – $97,820	570

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Champaign-Urbana, IL. 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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