High paying construction jobs in Manhattan, KS

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Manhattan, KS. 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 Manhattan, KS run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Manhattan, KS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Manhattan, KS · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$78,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,690 – $104,150380
2Sheet Metal Workers$76,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $98,31040
3Construction and Building Inspectors$66,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,830 – $93,64050
4Electricians$61,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $78,940170
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$60,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,590 – $98,330200
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$58,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,870 – $82,860360
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$57,030
No formal educational credential
$46,450 – $79,140130
8Carpenters$51,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,510 – $74,050300
9Highway Maintenance Workers$47,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,410 – $61,86060
10Construction Laborers$47,730
No formal educational credential
$35,750 – $59,220420
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,330
No formal educational credential
$30,370 – $55,700110

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

#	Occupation	MedianManhattan, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,660	$55,690 – $104,150	380
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,750	$37,680 – $98,310	40
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,660	$48,830 – $93,640	50
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,170	$38,100 – $78,940	170
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,600	$43,590 – $98,330	200
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,080	$41,870 – $82,860	360
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$57,030	$46,450 – $79,140	130
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,600	$39,510 – $74,050	300
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,750	$33,410 – $61,860	60
10	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$47,730	$35,750 – $59,220	420
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,330	$30,370 – $55,700	110

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