High paying construction jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI run 0.3% above the national average (2024), so a Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$86,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,250 – $107,7805,520
2Electricians$81,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,660 – $107,33011,210
3First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$80,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,310 – $124,5506,600
4Construction and Building Inspectors$76,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,960 – $95,9801,360
5Sheet Metal Workers$75,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,580 – $98,4701,640
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$68,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,300 – $93,9203,790
7Carpenters$65,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,560 – $82,7907,610
8Roofers$63,390
No formal educational credential
$47,880 – $80,4801,450
9Structural Iron and Steel Workers$62,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,260 – $79,150930
10Brickmasons and Blockmasons$62,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,180 – $93,6701,120
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,330
No formal educational credential
$46,460 – $77,5402,350
12Construction Laborers$57,430
No formal educational credential
$38,590 – $72,52011,610
13Glaziers$56,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,590 – $78,770820
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$56,330
No formal educational credential
$39,370 – $76,0701,920
15Highway Maintenance Workers$49,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,080 – $64,1201,750
16Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $65,630840

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

#	Occupation	MedianDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,370	$48,250 – $107,780	5,520
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,990	$46,660 – $107,330	11,210
3	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,610	$60,310 – $124,550	6,600
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,980	$49,960 – $95,980	1,360
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,120	$45,580 – $98,470	1,640
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,130	$48,300 – $93,920	3,790
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,810	$47,560 – $82,790	7,610
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$63,390	$47,880 – $80,480	1,450
9	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,870	$41,260 – $79,150	930
10	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,830	$49,180 – $93,670	1,120
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,330	$46,460 – $77,540	2,350
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$38,590 – $72,520	11,610
13	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,980	$46,590 – $78,770	820
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$56,330	$39,370 – $76,070	1,920
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,280	$34,080 – $64,120	1,750
16	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$36,610 – $65,630	840

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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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