High paying construction jobs in Greensboro-High Point, NC

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Greensboro-High Point, NC. 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 Greensboro-High Point, NC run 7.1% below the national average (2024), so a Greensboro-High Point, NC 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, Greensboro-High Point, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$73,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,320 – $101,0002,260
2Construction and Building Inspectors$63,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,560 – $82,790470
3Electricians$58,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,430 – $73,0901,990
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,550 – $73,8601,110
5Sheet Metal Workers$55,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,710 – $65,420380
6Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$50,530
No formal educational credential
$30,780 – $60,180120
7Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $58,010130
8Carpenters$49,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $62,400760
9Structural Iron and Steel Workers$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,910 – $81,640170
10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$49,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,050 – $62,8001,080
11Roofers$49,110
No formal educational credential
$38,490 – $60,880230
12Insulation Workers, Mechanical$47,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,410 – $55,980140
13Pipelayers$47,550
No formal educational credential
$37,830 – $59,420120
14Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$46,500
No formal educational credential
$29,420 – $55,470120
15Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$46,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,450 – $49,910340
16Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$46,030
No formal educational credential
$37,050 – $60,150440
17Highway Maintenance Workers$44,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,970 – $56,880220
18Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$43,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $58,760200
19Helpers--Electricians$42,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $49,080560
20Painters, Construction and Maintenance$41,870
No formal educational credential
$29,390 – $56,410350
21Construction Laborers$40,100
No formal educational credential
$30,410 – $57,9002,190

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreensboro-High Point, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,120	$53,320 – $101,000	2,260
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,560	$49,560 – $82,790	470
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,380	$43,430 – $73,090	1,990
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,510	$39,550 – $73,860	1,110
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,860	$40,710 – $65,420	380
6	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$50,530	$30,780 – $60,180	120
7	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$39,430 – $58,010	130
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,910	$36,160 – $62,400	760
9	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$38,910 – $81,640	170
10	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,310	$39,050 – $62,800	1,080
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,110	$38,490 – $60,880	230
12	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,960	$35,410 – $55,980	140
13	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$47,550	$37,830 – $59,420	120
14	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$46,500	$29,420 – $55,470	120
15	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,420	$36,450 – $49,910	340
16	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$46,030	$37,050 – $60,150	440
17	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,550	$33,970 – $56,880	220
18	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,120	$36,490 – $58,760	200
19	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,670	$35,390 – $49,080	560
20	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$41,870	$29,390 – $56,410	350
21	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$40,100	$30,410 – $57,900	2,190

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Greensboro-High Point, NC. 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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