High paying construction jobs in Columbus, OH

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, 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 Columbus, OH run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, OH salary is worth about 1.05× 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, OH · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$82,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,010 – $113,6105,420
2Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$80,000
No formal educational credential
$38,130 – $80,020380
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$78,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,610 – $99,3903,290
4Sheet Metal Workers$77,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,690 – $96,950760
5Construction and Building Inspectors$76,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,920 – $103,810870
6Structural Iron and Steel Workers$76,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,960 – $132,650370
7Brickmasons and Blockmasons$73,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $124,340430
8Pipelayers$71,560
No formal educational credential
$63,940 – $89,640430
9Carpenters$66,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,270 – $82,6303,620
10Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$65,450
No formal educational credential
$48,140 – $74,400570
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$64,910
No formal educational credential
$46,620 – $84,0501,000
12Electricians$64,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,090 – $94,4107,210
13Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$63,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,820 – $103,0003,060
14Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$62,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,710 – $94,190490
15Glaziers$61,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,110 – $75,540390
16Construction Laborers$60,540
No formal educational credential
$38,490 – $81,2505,590
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$51,810
No formal educational credential
$38,270 – $77,110980
18Highway Maintenance Workers$49,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $68,510800
19Roofers$49,420
No formal educational credential
$42,670 – $73,420700

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,360	$61,010 – $113,610	5,420
2	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$80,000	$38,130 – $80,020	380
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,950	$50,610 – $99,390	3,290
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,760	$46,690 – $96,950	760
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,930	$53,920 – $103,810	870
6	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,920	$50,960 – $132,650	370
7	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,550	$47,500 – $124,340	430
8	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$71,560	$63,940 – $89,640	430
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,480	$47,270 – $82,630	3,620
10	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$65,450	$48,140 – $74,400	570
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$64,910	$46,620 – $84,050	1,000
12	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,700	$46,090 – $94,410	7,210
13	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,260	$40,820 – $103,000	3,060
14	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,490	$38,710 – $94,190	490
15	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,010	$47,110 – $75,540	390
16	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$60,540	$38,490 – $81,250	5,590
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$51,810	$38,270 – $77,110	980
18	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,840	$37,280 – $68,510	800
19	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,420	$42,670 – $73,420	700

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