High paying construction jobs in Fort Wayne, IN

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Fort Wayne, IN. 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 Fort Wayne, IN run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a Fort Wayne, IN 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, Fort Wayne, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$81,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,150 – $112,5301,250
2Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$77,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,500 – $95,730650
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$77,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,850 – $102,5201,160
4Electricians$71,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,720 – $95,1501,260
5Construction and Building Inspectors$67,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,150 – $89,410120
6Structural Iron and Steel Workers$67,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,610 – $92,180190
7Brickmasons and Blockmasons$64,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,780 – $89,64090
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,580
No formal educational credential
$45,130 – $73,120260
9Carpenters$60,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,790 – $77,1301,240
10Glaziers$60,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,440 – $72,730120
11Highway Maintenance Workers$55,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,940 – $62,520320
12Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$49,500
No formal educational credential
$40,230 – $67,33080
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,130
No formal educational credential
$36,070 – $67,930200
14Roofers$48,830
No formal educational credential
$37,630 – $79,700270
15Construction Laborers$47,480
No formal educational credential
$36,270 – $69,2301,670
16Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$45,340
No formal educational credential
$37,190 – $59,210140
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$45,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $57,96070
18Helpers--Electricians$34,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $45,830100

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

#	Occupation	MedianFort Wayne, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,760	$60,150 – $112,530	1,250
2	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,450	$46,500 – $95,730	650
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,110	$47,850 – $102,520	1,160
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,290	$42,720 – $95,150	1,260
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,680	$48,150 – $89,410	120
6	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,530	$44,610 – $92,180	190
7	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,240	$39,780 – $89,640	90
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$60,580	$45,130 – $73,120	260
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,400	$44,790 – $77,130	1,240
10	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,150	$45,440 – $72,730	120
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,030	$40,940 – $62,520	320
12	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard TilesNo formal educational credential	$49,500	$40,230 – $67,330	80
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,130	$36,070 – $67,930	200
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$48,830	$37,630 – $79,700	270
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$47,480	$36,270 – $69,230	1,670
16	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$45,340	$37,190 – $59,210	140
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,260	$36,930 – $57,960	70
18	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,900	$34,900 – $45,830	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fort Wayne, IN. 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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