High paying construction jobs in Jefferson City, MO

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jefferson City, MO. 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 Jefferson City, MO run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jefferson City, MO salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Jefferson City, MO · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$82,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,100 – $109,130450
2Sheet Metal Workers$79,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,580 – $105,350310
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$71,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,310 – $89,860410
4Electricians$67,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,990 – $97,380480
5Construction and Building Inspectors$64,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $76,21050
6Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$60,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,890 – $89,100150
7Roofers$59,820
No formal educational credential
$38,810 – $83,090130
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$58,380
No formal educational credential
$42,410 – $78,690180
9Construction Laborers$58,220
No formal educational credential
$36,830 – $99,420580
10Brickmasons and Blockmasons$58,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,370 – $80,53050
11Carpenters$57,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,940 – $87,370430
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$54,110
No formal educational credential
$37,400 – $73,73060
13Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$49,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,850 – $101,210290
14Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$47,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,970 – $54,81070
15Highway Maintenance Workers$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,960 – $70,250200

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

#	Occupation	MedianJefferson City, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,480	$56,100 – $109,130	450
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,500	$40,580 – $105,350	310
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,140	$45,310 – $89,860	410
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,630	$38,990 – $97,380	480
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,240	$47,500 – $76,210	50
6	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,850	$44,890 – $89,100	150
7	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$59,820	$38,810 – $83,090	130
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$58,380	$42,410 – $78,690	180
9	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$58,220	$36,830 – $99,420	580
10	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,120	$39,370 – $80,530	50
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,030	$38,940 – $87,370	430
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$54,110	$37,400 – $73,730	60
13	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,560	$42,850 – $101,210	290
14	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,860	$43,970 – $54,810	70
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$40,960 – $70,250	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Jefferson City, MO. 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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