High paying construction jobs in Columbus, GA-AL

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, GA-AL. 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 Columbus, GA-AL run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, GA-AL salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Columbus, GA-AL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$65,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,090 – $98,240580
2Construction and Building Inspectors$60,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,070 – $91,21090
3Electricians$50,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,830 – $77,020480
4Glaziers$47,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,020 – $57,73040
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$47,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $75,860200
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$46,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $56,550490
7Carpenters$45,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,260 – $60,030140
8Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,270 – $61,990130
9Sheet Metal Workers$44,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,710 – $63,68040
10Roofers$43,290
No formal educational credential
$34,510 – $59,39080
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$42,020
No formal educational credential
$33,490 – $59,97060
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$40,100
No formal educational credential
$33,280 – $50,85090
13Construction Laborers$35,890
No formal educational credential
$24,960 – $46,680710
14Helpers--Electricians$32,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $45,470140

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, GA-AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,200	$46,090 – $98,240	580
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,520	$46,070 – $91,210	90
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,730	$36,830 – $77,020	480
4	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,700	$32,020 – $57,730	40
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,410	$35,360 – $75,860	200
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,430	$37,130 – $56,550	490
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,070	$32,260 – $60,030	140
8	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$44,270 – $61,990	130
9	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,700	$35,710 – $63,680	40
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$43,290	$34,510 – $59,390	80
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$42,020	$33,490 – $59,970	60
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$40,100	$33,280 – $50,850	90
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$35,890	$24,960 – $46,680	710
14	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,990	$30,910 – $45,470	140

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