High paying construction jobs in Jackson, TN

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jackson, TN. 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, TN run 14.5% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, TN salary is worth about 1.17× 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, TN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$69,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,820 – $99,790430
2Sheet Metal Workers$63,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,100 – $83,30040
3Electricians$60,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $81,660520
4Construction and Building Inspectors$54,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,070 – $81,19060
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$52,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $76,470260
6Carpenters$47,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $62,590170
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,990 – $64,270270
8Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$46,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $47,35050
9Fence Erectors$45,800
No formal educational credential
$37,340 – $47,19050
10Highway Maintenance Workers$45,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,720 – $56,220160
11Construction Laborers$44,610
No formal educational credential
$34,600 – $57,880580
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$43,730
No formal educational credential
$37,380 – $53,390180
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$42,840
No formal educational credential
$33,540 – $61,35060
14Helpers--Electricians$38,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,770 – $46,290100

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,890	$47,820 – $99,790	430
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,300	$36,100 – $83,300	40
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,360	$37,650 – $81,660	520
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,450	$43,070 – $81,190	60
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,620	$37,460 – $76,470	260
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,950	$36,400 – $62,590	170
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$37,990 – $64,270	270
8	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,650	$32,220 – $47,350	50
9	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$45,800	$37,340 – $47,190	50
10	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,780	$34,720 – $56,220	160
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$44,610	$34,600 – $57,880	580
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$43,730	$37,380 – $53,390	180
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$42,840	$33,540 – $61,350	60
14	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,480	$31,770 – $46,290	100

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