High paying construction jobs in Lafayette, LA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lafayette, LA. 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 Lafayette, LA run 12.8% below the national average (2024), so a Lafayette, LA salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Lafayette, LA · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$83,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,420 – $126,430100
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$71,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,360 – $119,4701,230
3Boilermakers$70,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,630 – $76,990110
4Electricians$59,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $79,490730
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $74,790680
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$53,890
No formal educational credential
$34,130 – $72,80090
7Extraction Workers, All Other$53,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,870 – $101,190390
8Sheet Metal Workers$52,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,760 – $89,250100
9Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$49,970
No formal educational credential
$38,670 – $66,660910
10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$49,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $74,230370
11Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas$49,190
No formal educational credential
$31,990 – $70,180400
12Roofers$47,890
No formal educational credential
$36,660 – $79,04080
13Insulation Workers, Mechanical$47,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,230 – $54,16080
14Carpenters$47,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $64,020580
15Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$47,020
No formal educational credential
$38,150 – $78,600500
16Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $61,54060
17Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$44,080
No formal educational credential
$35,270 – $54,780100
18Painters, Construction and Maintenance$43,470
No formal educational credential
$34,210 – $58,800290
19Construction Laborers$38,620
No formal educational credential
$29,170 – $60,5501,780
20Helpers--Electricians$37,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,830 – $45,980180
21Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$35,350
No formal educational credential
$30,210 – $50,60080

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

#	Occupation	MedianLafayette, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,780	$41,420 – $126,430	100
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,980	$45,360 – $119,470	1,230
3	BoilermakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,720	$64,630 – $76,990	110
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,820	$37,270 – $79,490	730
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,930	$35,880 – $74,790	680
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$53,890	$34,130 – $72,800	90
7	Extraction Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,210	$38,870 – $101,190	390
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,090	$33,760 – $89,250	100
9	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$49,970	$38,670 – $66,660	910
10	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,800	$38,160 – $74,230	370
11	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$49,190	$31,990 – $70,180	400
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,890	$36,660 – $79,040	80
13	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,820	$46,230 – $54,160	80
14	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,440	$28,520 – $64,020	580
15	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$47,020	$38,150 – $78,600	500
16	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$32,930 – $61,540	60
17	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$44,080	$35,270 – $54,780	100
18	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$43,470	$34,210 – $58,800	290
19	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$38,620	$29,170 – $60,550	1,780
20	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,340	$26,830 – $45,980	180
21	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$35,350	$30,210 – $50,600	80

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