High paying construction jobs in Dover, DE

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dover, DE. 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 Dover, DE run 2.5% below the national average (2024), so a Dover, DE salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Dover, DE · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,970 – $104,580290
2Construction and Building Inspectors$67,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,900 – $88,010120
3Sheet Metal Workers$61,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $80,39060
4Electricians$60,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $83,460340
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$58,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,880 – $103,99090
6Roofers$58,310
No formal educational credential
$35,640 – $59,82030
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$52,570
No formal educational credential
$36,480 – $102,50030
8Carpenters$52,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $77,020270
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$50,490
No formal educational credential
$34,070 – $55,28030
10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,090 – $80,730190
11Construction Laborers$45,810
No formal educational credential
$35,400 – $60,040400
12Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$43,540
No formal educational credential
$33,240 – $66,83060

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

#	Occupation	MedianDover, DE	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,660	$58,970 – $104,580	290
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,890	$49,900 – $88,010	120
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,460	$35,360 – $80,390	60
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,750	$37,580 – $83,460	340
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,410	$43,880 – $103,990	90
6	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$58,310	$35,640 – $59,820	30
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$52,570	$36,480 – $102,500	30
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,140	$44,550 – $77,020	270
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$50,490	$34,070 – $55,280	30
10	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$39,090 – $80,730	190
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$45,810	$35,400 – $60,040	400
12	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$43,540	$33,240 – $66,830	60

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