High paying construction jobs in Idaho

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Idaho. 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 Idaho run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Idaho 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Idaho.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Idaho · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,700 – $104,4306,730
2Structural Iron and Steel Workers$72,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,780 – $80,140500
3Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$65,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $65,430450
4Construction and Building Inspectors$63,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,840 – $102,0001,000
5Electricians$63,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,830 – $95,4705,690
6Brickmasons and Blockmasons$62,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,030 – $78,780320
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,230 – $79,6504,270
8Glaziers$59,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,770 – $78,730580
9Pipelayers$58,650
No formal educational credential
$38,990 – $73,340280
10Roofers$57,790
No formal educational credential
$35,780 – $71,8601,190
11Tapers$57,690
No formal educational credential
$36,930 – $93,130310
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$56,410
No formal educational credential
$43,420 – $72,4102,540
13Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$54,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,300 – $78,460450
14Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$52,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $82,6203,090
15Highway Maintenance Workers$52,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,260 – $70,8401,340
16Carpenters$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $75,7108,380
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$49,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,900 – $103,850600
18Tile and Stone Setters$47,940
No formal educational credential
$36,510 – $59,220570
19Construction Laborers$46,940
No formal educational credential
$36,560 – $63,19010,850
20Sheet Metal Workers$46,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $78,4701,290
21Painters, Construction and Maintenance$44,880
No formal educational credential
$34,390 – $60,8902,040
22Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$43,790
No formal educational credential
$29,580 – $64,820920
23Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$41,550
No formal educational credential
$34,000 – $60,630330

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

#	Occupation	MedianIdaho	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,550	$54,700 – $104,430	6,730
2	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,750	$49,780 – $80,140	500
3	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,420	$36,810 – $65,430	450
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,570	$48,840 – $102,000	1,000
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,000	$38,830 – $95,470	5,690
6	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,510	$46,030 – $78,780	320
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,680	$47,230 – $79,650	4,270
8	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,850	$37,770 – $78,730	580
9	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$58,650	$38,990 – $73,340	280
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$57,790	$35,780 – $71,860	1,190
11	TapersNo formal educational credential	$57,690	$36,930 – $93,130	310
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$56,410	$43,420 – $72,410	2,540
13	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,830	$45,300 – $78,460	450
14	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,380	$39,430 – $82,620	3,090
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,050	$43,260 – $70,840	1,340
16	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$36,850 – $75,710	8,380
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,710	$42,900 – $103,850	600
18	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$47,940	$36,510 – $59,220	570
19	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,940	$36,560 – $63,190	10,850
20	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,350	$36,340 – $78,470	1,290
21	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$44,880	$34,390 – $60,890	2,040
22	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$43,790	$29,580 – $64,820	920
23	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$41,550	$34,000 – $60,630	330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Idaho. 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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