High paying construction jobs in Cleveland, OH

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cleveland, OH. 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 Cleveland, OH run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Cleveland, OH salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Cleveland, OH · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$80,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,220 – $106,3403,550
2Brickmasons and Blockmasons$78,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,550 – $83,630560
3Sheet Metal Workers$77,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $96,360620
4Structural Iron and Steel Workers$76,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $86,870380
5Construction and Building Inspectors$74,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,440 – $100,170720
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$71,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,000 – $99,7602,660
7Electricians$70,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,090 – $100,3304,420
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$66,080
No formal educational credential
$44,500 – $85,900900
9Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$63,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,330 – $101,2203,040
10Carpenters$60,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,610 – $86,8703,280
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$60,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,420 – $93,160370
12Construction Laborers$57,180
No formal educational credential
$37,670 – $79,7905,660
13Roofers$55,690
No formal educational credential
$40,200 – $84,450780
14Highway Maintenance Workers$51,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,370 – $67,4801,000
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,590
No formal educational credential
$37,460 – $75,7001,110

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

#	Occupation	MedianCleveland, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,610	$58,220 – $106,340	3,550
2	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,530	$46,550 – $83,630	560
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,410	$45,760 – $96,360	620
4	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,060	$47,840 – $86,870	380
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,960	$50,440 – $100,170	720
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,740	$48,000 – $99,760	2,660
7	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,860	$41,090 – $100,330	4,420
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$66,080	$44,500 – $85,900	900
9	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,020	$46,330 – $101,220	3,040
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,650	$43,610 – $86,870	3,280
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,320	$40,420 – $93,160	370
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$57,180	$37,670 – $79,790	5,660
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$55,690	$40,200 – $84,450	780
14	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,900	$40,370 – $67,480	1,000
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,590	$37,460 – $75,700	1,110

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