High paying construction jobs in Jackson, MS

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jackson, MS. 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 Jackson, MS run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, MS salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Jackson, MS · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$71,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,820 – $105,1901,530
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,550 – $75,650550
3Electricians$52,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,490 – $76,7501,210
4Sheet Metal Workers$49,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $79,040210
5Carpenters$49,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $60,140660
6Construction and Building Inspectors$48,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $81,090170
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,760 – $60,860870
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$45,330
No formal educational credential
$36,390 – $59,110190
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,130
No formal educational credential
$36,920 – $71,950190
10Roofers$44,850
No formal educational credential
$35,710 – $65,240110
11Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$38,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,000 – $42,490110
12Construction Laborers$37,850
No formal educational credential
$30,170 – $49,3302,020
13Glaziers$36,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,030 – $48,830170
14Helpers--Electricians$35,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $41,860240
15Highway Maintenance Workers$35,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,390 – $44,260550

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,810	$46,820 – $105,190	1,530
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,160	$37,550 – $75,650	550
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,310	$37,490 – $76,750	1,210
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,620	$37,220 – $79,040	210
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,330	$36,440 – $60,140	660
6	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,700	$34,480 – $81,090	170
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$36,760 – $60,860	870
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$45,330	$36,390 – $59,110	190
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,130	$36,920 – $71,950	190
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$44,850	$35,710 – $65,240	110
11	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,400	$28,000 – $42,490	110
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$37,850	$30,170 – $49,330	2,020
13	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,680	$31,030 – $48,830	170
14	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,980	$30,300 – $41,860	240
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,160	$29,390 – $44,260	550

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