High paying construction jobs in Lansing-East Lansing, MI

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. 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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI run 5.0% below the national average (2024), so a Lansing-East Lansing, MI salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Employed

1Electricians$80,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $95,6301,140
2Construction and Building Inspectors$79,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,920 – $111,010180
3First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$78,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,390 – $106,590830
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$78,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,190 – $97,740650
5Brickmasons and Blockmasons$75,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,390 – $92,740180
6Sheet Metal Workers$71,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,150 – $97,070120
7Carpenters$64,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,960 – $78,1601,120
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,680 – $91,110480
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$59,640
No formal educational credential
$44,040 – $73,950300
10Construction Laborers$57,570
No formal educational credential
$37,430 – $69,0401,450
11Highway Maintenance Workers$56,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,010 – $62,580290
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$53,400
No formal educational credential
$37,830 – $75,050230
13Roofers$50,440
No formal educational credential
$39,700 – $76,66090
14Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$49,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $63,68070
15Glaziers$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,020 – $73,65070

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

#	Occupation	MedianLansing-East Lansing, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,480	$44,550 – $95,630	1,140
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,290	$54,920 – $111,010	180
3	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,410	$58,390 – $106,590	830
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,190	$44,190 – $97,740	650
5	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,650	$47,390 – $92,740	180
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,420	$45,150 – $97,070	120
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,270	$46,960 – $78,160	1,120
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,390	$40,680 – $91,110	480
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$59,640	$44,040 – $73,950	300
10	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$57,570	$37,430 – $69,040	1,450
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,320	$35,010 – $62,580	290
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$53,400	$37,830 – $75,050	230
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$50,440	$39,700 – $76,660	90
14	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,450	$37,390 – $63,680	70
15	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$44,020 – $73,650	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. 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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