High paying construction jobs in Lancaster, PA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lancaster, PA. 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 Lancaster, PA run 1.7% below the national average (2024), so a Lancaster, PA salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Lancaster, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,750 – $116,9001,630
2Structural Iron and Steel Workers$74,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,740 – $107,690140
3Construction and Building Inspectors$74,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $93,790120
4Electricians$63,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,000 – $133,1501,220
5Brickmasons and Blockmasons$63,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,160 – $98,800350
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$61,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,220 – $98,740820
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,120 – $94,3901,010
8Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$60,510
No formal educational credential
$46,030 – $72,540200
9Sheet Metal Workers$59,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,580 – $130,360220
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$59,800
No formal educational credential
$46,470 – $74,860470
11Carpenters$55,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,140 – $79,1602,750
12Highway Maintenance Workers$54,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,320 – $66,520290
13Roofers$52,640
No formal educational credential
$39,690 – $66,370370
14Glaziers$51,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $77,410110
15Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$50,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,410 – $59,560100
16Solar Photovoltaic Installers$49,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $80,10090
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,430
No formal educational credential
$37,490 – $62,350430
18Construction Laborers$48,670
No formal educational credential
$37,940 – $66,5702,270

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

#	Occupation	MedianLancaster, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,300	$56,750 – $116,900	1,630
2	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,950	$52,740 – $107,690	140
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,950	$45,730 – $93,790	120
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,490	$41,000 – $133,150	1,220
5	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,430	$49,160 – $98,800	350
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,950	$46,220 – $98,740	820
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,340	$46,120 – $94,390	1,010
8	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$60,510	$46,030 – $72,540	200
9	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,880	$45,580 – $130,360	220
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$59,800	$46,470 – $74,860	470
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,690	$39,140 – $79,160	2,750
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,830	$39,320 – $66,520	290
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$52,640	$39,690 – $66,370	370
14	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,880	$36,080 – $77,410	110
15	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,850	$48,410 – $59,560	100
16	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,950	$45,730 – $80,100	90
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,430	$37,490 – $62,350	430
18	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$48,670	$37,940 – $66,570	2,270

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