High paying construction jobs in Chattanooga, TN-GA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Chattanooga, TN-GA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Chattanooga, TN-GA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,910 – $102,2301,430
2Electricians$72,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,030 – $85,8301,760
3Brickmasons and Blockmasons$69,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,790 – $69,660150
4Structural Iron and Steel Workers$61,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,870 – $71,920150
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$58,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,670 – $78,880860
6Construction and Building Inspectors$55,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,960 – $81,330170
7Carpenters$50,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,310 – $66,000620
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,370 – $77,320750
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,470
No formal educational credential
$36,070 – $62,660230
10Roofers$45,530
No formal educational credential
$35,720 – $56,940140
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$45,360
No formal educational credential
$34,560 – $58,680210
12Construction Laborers$43,260
No formal educational credential
$33,130 – $60,1701,800
13Highway Maintenance Workers$39,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,240 – $56,220160
14Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$38,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,120 – $57,66090
15Helpers--Electricians$36,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,860 – $47,600350

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

#	Occupation	MedianChattanooga, TN-GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,090	$48,910 – $102,230	1,430
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,330	$38,030 – $85,830	1,760
3	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,660	$50,790 – $69,660	150
4	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,880	$43,870 – $71,920	150
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,720	$37,670 – $78,880	860
6	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,620	$39,960 – $81,330	170
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,760	$37,310 – $66,000	620
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,320	$40,370 – $77,320	750
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,470	$36,070 – $62,660	230
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$45,530	$35,720 – $56,940	140
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$45,360	$34,560 – $58,680	210
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$43,260	$33,130 – $60,170	1,800
13	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,840	$34,240 – $56,220	160
14	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,510	$37,120 – $57,660	90
15	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,440	$30,860 – $47,600	350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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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