High paying construction jobs in Johnson City, TN

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Johnson City, 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 Johnson City, TN run 12.1% below the national average (2024), so a Johnson City, TN 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, Johnson City, TN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$62,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,430 – $94,210360
2Electricians$52,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,930 – $101,520270
3Construction and Building Inspectors$50,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $90,20030
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$48,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,020 – $71,930210
5Carpenters$47,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,400 – $64,050160
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,400 – $63,750200
7Highway Maintenance Workers$45,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,750 – $57,27080
8Pipelayers$41,800
No formal educational credential
$41,800 – $48,52060
9Construction Laborers$41,150
No formal educational credential
$33,020 – $53,140580
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$39,390
No formal educational credential
$34,080 – $59,63060
11Helpers--Electricians$36,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,330 – $44,76060
12Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$35,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,330 – $55,22080

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

#	Occupation	MedianJohnson City, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,710	$46,430 – $94,210	360
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,190	$38,930 – $101,520	270
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,720	$36,940 – $90,200	30
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,480	$36,020 – $71,930	210
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,920	$38,400 – $64,050	160
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,560	$38,400 – $63,750	200
7	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,780	$33,750 – $57,270	80
8	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$41,800	$41,800 – $48,520	60
9	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$41,150	$33,020 – $53,140	580
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$39,390	$34,080 – $59,630	60
11	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,720	$30,330 – $44,760	60
12	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,710	$35,330 – $55,220	80

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