High paying construction jobs in El Centro, CA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in El Centro, CA. 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 El Centro, CA run 4.8% below the national average (2024), so a El Centro, CA 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, El Centro, CA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$86,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,160 – $125,650170
2Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$78,020
No formal educational credential
$37,750 – $78,80090
3Electricians$74,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,570 – $121,310160
4Carpenters$74,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,420 – $99,740140
5Construction and Building Inspectors$72,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,650 – $129,49040
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$70,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,970 – $122,530240
7Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$62,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,970 – $96,180150
8Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,240
No formal educational credential
$36,050 – $82,87050
9Highway Maintenance Workers$54,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $94,54050
10Construction Laborers$53,560
No formal educational credential
$38,380 – $74,090270
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$52,760
No formal educational credential
$48,120 – $92,52060

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

#	Occupation	MedianEl Centro, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,010	$60,160 – $125,650	170
2	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$78,020	$37,750 – $78,800	90
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,450	$45,570 – $121,310	160
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,340	$44,420 – $99,740	140
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,860	$45,650 – $129,490	40
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,830	$46,970 – $122,530	240
7	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,390	$46,970 – $96,180	150
8	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,240	$36,050 – $82,870	50
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,480	$37,380 – $94,540	50
10	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$53,560	$38,380 – $74,090	270
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$52,760	$48,120 – $92,520	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in El Centro, CA. 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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