High paying construction jobs in Cleveland, TN

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cleveland, TN. 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, TN run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Cleveland, TN salary is worth about 1.14× 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, TN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$63,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,690 – $98,830200
2Electricians$60,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,080 – $81,320120
3Sheet Metal Workers$58,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,130 – $78,08070
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$55,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,830 – $73,51080
5Carpenters$48,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,230 – $64,41080
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $64,600160
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,470
No formal educational credential
$38,200 – $54,15060
8Highway Maintenance Workers$44,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $56,22080
9Construction Laborers$44,190
No formal educational credential
$32,860 – $63,390310
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$37,350
No formal educational credential
$33,290 – $56,02080
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$35,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $55,44040

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

#	Occupation	MedianCleveland, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,130	$48,690 – $98,830	200
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,250	$43,080 – $81,320	120
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,160	$39,130 – $78,080	70
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,130	$36,830 – $73,510	80
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,480	$39,230 – $64,410	80
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,210	$38,600 – $64,600	160
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,470	$38,200 – $54,150	60
8	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,460	$34,320 – $56,220	80
9	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$44,190	$32,860 – $63,390	310
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$37,350	$33,290 – $56,020	80
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,940	$35,940 – $55,440	40

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