High paying construction jobs in Longview, TX

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Longview, TX. 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 Longview, TX run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a Longview, TX salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Longview, TX · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$67,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $96,420160
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$63,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,780 – $100,0501,280
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$54,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,080 – $76,360420
4Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators$50,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,350 – $61,51090
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,450 – $61,260750
6Insulation Workers, Mechanical$47,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,520 – $56,520210
7Electricians$47,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,270 – $74,020630
8Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,000
No formal educational credential
$38,010 – $54,070310
9Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$46,280
No formal educational credential
$36,010 – $65,130530
10Carpenters$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $61,170370
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$45,070
No formal educational credential
$36,880 – $58,230250
12Helpers--Electricians$44,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,010 – $51,14050
13Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$43,200
No formal educational credential
$34,420 – $49,740750
14Sheet Metal Workers$41,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,440 – $59,28090
15Glaziers$41,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,550 – $48,34070
16Pipelayers$40,880
No formal educational credential
$34,940 – $51,98040
17Roofers$39,460
No formal educational credential
$29,790 – $59,88080
18Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$37,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,920 – $46,65090
19Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$37,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,890 – $57,85040
20Construction Laborers$37,840
No formal educational credential
$31,730 – $52,1401,610
21Highway Maintenance Workers$37,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,490 – $46,96050
22Helpers--Extraction Workers$37,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $41,43040

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

#	Occupation	MedianLongview, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,050	$40,630 – $96,420	160
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,110	$47,780 – $100,050	1,280
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,320	$37,080 – $76,360	420
4	Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,140	$49,350 – $61,510	90
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,030	$39,450 – $61,260	750
6	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,980	$41,520 – $56,520	210
7	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,580	$35,270 – $74,020	630
8	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,000	$38,010 – $54,070	310
9	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$46,280	$36,010 – $65,130	530
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$35,970 – $61,170	370
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$45,070	$36,880 – $58,230	250
12	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,710	$32,010 – $51,140	50
13	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$43,200	$34,420 – $49,740	750
14	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,820	$31,440 – $59,280	90
15	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,050	$29,550 – $48,340	70
16	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$40,880	$34,940 – $51,980	40
17	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$39,460	$29,790 – $59,880	80
18	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,960	$31,920 – $46,650	90
19	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,950	$31,890 – $57,850	40
20	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$37,840	$31,730 – $52,140	1,610
21	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,830	$32,490 – $46,960	50
22	Helpers--Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,290	$35,360 – $41,430	40

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