High paying construction jobs in Fresno, CA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Fresno, 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 Fresno, CA run 2.2% above the national average (2024), so a Fresno, CA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Fresno, CA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$83,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,890 – $136,8701,820
2Construction and Building Inspectors$80,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,630 – $143,280280
3Structural Iron and Steel Workers$80,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,800 – $117,110180
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$78,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,070 – $127,1501,290
5Sheet Metal Workers$73,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,120 – $128,360200
6Electricians$71,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,090 – $119,8001,980
7Brickmasons and Blockmasons$69,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,640 – $135,940170
8Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,590 – $124,280970
9Carpenters$63,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,510 – $113,2101,790
10Roofers$62,400
No formal educational credential
$48,200 – $77,260640
11Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$62,280
No formal educational credential
$46,340 – $119,140800
12Plasterers and Stucco Masons$60,990
No formal educational credential
$47,020 – $105,710200
13Glaziers$59,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,590 – $114,670160
14Solar Photovoltaic Installers$58,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,600 – $76,820210
15Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$57,620
No formal educational credential
$43,860 – $95,680980
16Construction Laborers$55,120
No formal educational credential
$37,940 – $84,8102,660
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$54,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,590 – $80,620210
18Highway Maintenance Workers$54,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,680 – $74,420200
19Tile and Stone Setters$54,310
No formal educational credential
$37,400 – $76,040190
20Painters, Construction and Maintenance$52,700
No formal educational credential
$37,630 – $77,010680

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

#	Occupation	MedianFresno, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,660	$60,890 – $136,870	1,820
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,850	$52,630 – $143,280	280
3	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,110	$46,800 – $117,110	180
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,310	$50,070 – $127,150	1,290
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,860	$45,120 – $128,360	200
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,710	$46,090 – $119,800	1,980
7	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,050	$46,640 – $135,940	170
8	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,400	$46,590 – $124,280	970
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,470	$45,510 – $113,210	1,790
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$62,400	$48,200 – $77,260	640
11	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$62,280	$46,340 – $119,140	800
12	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$60,990	$47,020 – $105,710	200
13	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,940	$39,590 – $114,670	160
14	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,220	$44,600 – $76,820	210
15	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$57,620	$43,860 – $95,680	980
16	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$55,120	$37,940 – $84,810	2,660
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,570	$38,590 – $80,620	210
18	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,480	$40,680 – $74,420	200
19	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$54,310	$37,400 – $76,040	190
20	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$52,700	$37,630 – $77,010	680

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