High paying construction jobs in Columbus, IN

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, 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 Columbus, IN run 7.0% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, IN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, IN · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$85,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,400 – $97,070100
2Electricians$79,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,880 – $92,210290
3First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,340 – $108,440150
4Carpenters$67,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,340 – $82,970190
5Sheet Metal Workers$65,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,580 – $90,11050
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$64,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,890 – $90,930110
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$59,660
No formal educational credential
$38,940 – $78,68040
8Roofers$59,400
No formal educational credential
$39,330 – $83,68050
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$58,560
No formal educational credential
$39,940 – $75,52040
10Construction Laborers$53,900
No formal educational credential
$36,370 – $64,860310
11Highway Maintenance Workers$49,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,680 – $51,36030

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,930	$49,400 – $97,070	100
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,670	$44,880 – $92,210	290
3	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,940	$53,340 – $108,440	150
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,780	$47,340 – $82,970	190
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,010	$43,580 – $90,110	50
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,970	$45,890 – $90,930	110
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$59,660	$38,940 – $78,680	40
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$59,400	$39,330 – $83,680	50
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$58,560	$39,940 – $75,520	40
10	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$53,900	$36,370 – $64,860	310
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,110	$41,680 – $51,360	30

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