High paying construction jobs in Maine

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Maine. 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 Maine run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Maine salary is worth about 1.03× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Maine.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Maine · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,350 – $108,7503,130
2Electricians$75,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,180 – $115,7203,780
3Construction and Building Inspectors$74,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,340 – $102,500710
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,120 – $80,7602,710
5Insulation Workers, Mechanical$63,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,090 – $73,690400
6Carpenters$62,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,130 – $78,2405,170
7Sheet Metal Workers$62,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,930 – $75,490830
8Structural Iron and Steel Workers$61,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,660 – $86,840200
9Stonemasons$60,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,930 – $74,260230
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$59,270
No formal educational credential
$47,320 – $75,5302,120
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$57,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,650 – $89,100250
12Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$56,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,200 – $75,3902,210
13Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$55,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,480 – $76,230230
14Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$55,680
No formal educational credential
$38,350 – $75,370730
15Roofers$50,120
No formal educational credential
$44,890 – $64,430610
16Highway Maintenance Workers$49,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $60,3201,620
17Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$47,790
No formal educational credential
$37,260 – $62,710440
18Helpers--Electricians$46,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,200 – $62,8901,000
19Construction Laborers$46,430
No formal educational credential
$36,190 – $60,5203,960

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

#	Occupation	MedianMaine	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,290	$55,350 – $108,750	3,130
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,380	$54,180 – $115,720	3,780
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,670	$48,340 – $102,500	710
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,000	$48,120 – $80,760	2,710
5	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,580	$51,090 – $73,690	400
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,160	$47,130 – $78,240	5,170
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,120	$47,930 – $75,490	830
8	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,750	$45,660 – $86,840	200
9	StonemasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,980	$45,930 – $74,260	230
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$59,270	$47,320 – $75,530	2,120
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,020	$45,650 – $89,100	250
12	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,140	$46,200 – $75,390	2,210
13	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,890	$44,480 – $76,230	230
14	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$55,680	$38,350 – $75,370	730
15	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$50,120	$44,890 – $64,430	610
16	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,030	$37,040 – $60,320	1,620
17	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$47,790	$37,260 – $62,710	440
18	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,550	$42,200 – $62,890	1,000
19	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,430	$36,190 – $60,520	3,960

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