High paying construction jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN run 4.6% below the national average (2024), so a Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$80,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,820 – $105,4404,730
2Construction and Building Inspectors$76,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,930 – $96,900630
3Structural Iron and Steel Workers$75,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,390 – $88,350480
4Sheet Metal Workers$73,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,360 – $96,550910
5Brickmasons and Blockmasons$70,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,860 – $84,290440
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$66,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,210 – $99,5003,120
7Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$65,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,830 – $101,8003,640
8Electricians$63,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,530 – $98,2605,640
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,990
No formal educational credential
$44,920 – $79,8401,410
10Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$60,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,080 – $95,630480
11Carpenters$60,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,180 – $79,7504,610
12Construction Laborers$54,930
No formal educational credential
$37,810 – $78,2005,700
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$50,170
No formal educational credential
$38,060 – $71,340890
14Roofers$49,210
No formal educational credential
$40,890 – $73,810770
15Highway Maintenance Workers$48,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $71,230940

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

#	Occupation	MedianCincinnati, OH-KY-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,520	$57,820 – $105,440	4,730
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,440	$48,930 – $96,900	630
3	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,700	$48,390 – $88,350	480
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,690	$41,360 – $96,550	910
5	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,760	$45,860 – $84,290	440
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,950	$47,210 – $99,500	3,120
7	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,160	$46,830 – $101,800	3,640
8	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,490	$38,530 – $98,260	5,640
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,990	$44,920 – $79,840	1,410
10	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,680	$44,080 – $95,630	480
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,110	$44,180 – $79,750	4,610
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$54,930	$37,810 – $78,200	5,700
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$50,170	$38,060 – $71,340	890
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,210	$40,890 – $73,810	770
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,970	$37,530 – $71,230	940

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. 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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