High paying construction jobs in Lake Charles, LA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lake Charles, 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 Lake Charles, LA run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a Lake Charles, LA salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Lake Charles, LA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,230 – $101,200970
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$67,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,700 – $80,640560
3Electricians$63,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $96,790590
4Construction and Building Inspectors$58,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,870 – $88,77070
5Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$56,880
No formal educational credential
$43,160 – $98,06070
6Sheet Metal Workers$55,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,380 – $95,48080
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$49,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $76,120410
8Glaziers$47,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,680 – $62,46040
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$46,810
No formal educational credential
$36,300 – $47,680530
10Helpers--Carpenters$46,510
No formal educational credential
$21,640 – $57,66050
11Carpenters$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,000 – $64,800630
12Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$45,900
No formal educational credential
$30,100 – $65,10090
13Construction Laborers$45,240
No formal educational credential
$30,370 – $66,8202,130
14Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$40,750
No formal educational credential
$29,890 – $44,69090
15Helpers--Electricians$37,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,270 – $46,710210
16Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$37,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $50,270110
17Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$36,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,630 – $46,650170
18Highway Maintenance Workers$27,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,320 – $37,66040

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

#	Occupation	MedianLake Charles, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,180	$51,230 – $101,200	970
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,990	$45,700 – $80,640	560
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,620	$36,900 – $96,790	590
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,740	$35,870 – $88,770	70
5	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$56,880	$43,160 – $98,060	70
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,580	$35,380 – $95,480	80
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,270	$35,950 – $76,120	410
8	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,980	$29,680 – $62,460	40
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$46,810	$36,300 – $47,680	530
10	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$46,510	$21,640 – $57,660	50
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$32,000 – $64,800	630
12	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$45,900	$30,100 – $65,100	90
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$45,240	$30,370 – $66,820	2,130
14	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$40,750	$29,890 – $44,690	90
15	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,930	$29,270 – $46,710	210
16	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,670	$37,040 – $50,270	110
17	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,800	$31,630 – $46,650	170
18	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,830	$25,320 – $37,660	40

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