High paying construction jobs in Eau Claire, WI

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Eau Claire, WI. 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 Eau Claire, WI run 7.2% below the national average (2024), so a Eau Claire, WI 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, Eau Claire, WI · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$92,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,240 – $103,150210
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$92,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,520 – $101,670480
3Brickmasons and Blockmasons$81,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,750 – $96,48040
4Construction and Building Inspectors$76,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $87,20030
5Sheet Metal Workers$76,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,870 – $93,27080
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$75,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,570 – $97,080260
7Electricians$75,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,450 – $92,630350
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,010
No formal educational credential
$46,730 – $80,090210
9Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$59,220
No formal educational credential
$48,250 – $66,08040
10Carpenters$59,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,770 – $84,380360
11Construction Laborers$58,240
No formal educational credential
$38,380 – $79,380640
12Highway Maintenance Workers$57,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,190 – $66,370120
13Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$55,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,410 – $73,16030
14Roofers$51,380
No formal educational credential
$37,910 – $64,29070
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,230
No formal educational credential
$36,720 – $72,000110

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

#	Occupation	MedianEau Claire, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,720	$51,240 – $103,150	210
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,060	$58,520 – $101,670	480
3	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,860	$60,750 – $96,480	40
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,220	$40,100 – $87,200	30
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,040	$39,870 – $93,270	80
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,970	$55,570 – $97,080	260
7	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,380	$44,450 – $92,630	350
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,010	$46,730 – $80,090	210
9	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$59,220	$48,250 – $66,080	40
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,090	$41,770 – $84,380	360
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$58,240	$38,380 – $79,380	640
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,210	$47,190 – $66,370	120
13	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,310	$33,410 – $73,160	30
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$51,380	$37,910 – $64,290	70
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,230	$36,720 – $72,000	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Eau Claire, WI. 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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