High paying construction jobs in Colorado Springs, CO

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Colorado Springs, CO. 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 Colorado Springs, CO run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Colorado Springs, CO salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Colorado Springs, CO · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,360 – $106,2601,810
2Construction and Building Inspectors$75,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,340 – $104,040370
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,390 – $77,7401,030
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$60,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,070 – $87,7301,060
5Glaziers$60,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,020 – $75,010180
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$59,860
No formal educational credential
$44,380 – $73,790640
7Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$59,440
No formal educational credential
$39,870 – $76,280140
8Electricians$59,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,410 – $81,6301,290
9Highway Maintenance Workers$57,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,430 – $62,800150
10Carpenters$57,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,090 – $77,0401,220
11Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$57,080
No formal educational credential
$39,210 – $80,190100
12Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$55,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,160 – $64,660120
13Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$54,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,140 – $72,540110
14Roofers$49,830
No formal educational credential
$46,600 – $71,050310
15Pipelayers$48,910
No formal educational credential
$45,060 – $69,050100
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$48,470
No formal educational credential
$38,040 – $75,290360
17Sheet Metal Workers$47,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,400 – $76,340180
18Construction Laborers$46,340
No formal educational credential
$37,630 – $60,2901,790

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

#	Occupation	MedianColorado Springs, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,450	$57,360 – $106,260	1,810
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,630	$52,340 – $104,040	370
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,660	$49,390 – $77,740	1,030
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,510	$46,070 – $87,730	1,060
5	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,130	$48,020 – $75,010	180
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$59,860	$44,380 – $73,790	640
7	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$59,440	$39,870 – $76,280	140
8	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,210	$40,410 – $81,630	1,290
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,720	$46,430 – $62,800	150
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,430	$43,090 – $77,040	1,220
11	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$57,080	$39,210 – $80,190	100
12	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,690	$42,160 – $64,660	120
13	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,830	$44,140 – $72,540	110
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,830	$46,600 – $71,050	310
15	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$48,910	$45,060 – $69,050	100
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$48,470	$38,040 – $75,290	360
17	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,550	$38,400 – $76,340	180
18	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,340	$37,630 – $60,290	1,790

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Colorado Springs, CO. 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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