High paying construction jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers$108,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,950 – $123,8301,050
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,440 – $127,42016,720
3Construction and Building Inspectors$76,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,940 – $105,6904,380
4Structural Iron and Steel Workers$60,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,890 – $77,060890
5Electricians$58,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,360 – $80,84012,990
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,360 – $75,0105,930
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$51,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,200 – $71,2005,850
8Sheet Metal Workers$51,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,630 – $76,9201,780
9Carpenters$51,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,510 – $72,54010,100
10Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$50,170
No formal educational credential
$37,440 – $63,3101,300
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$48,860
No formal educational credential
$39,670 – $64,4403,820
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$48,490
No formal educational credential
$37,830 – $65,6306,210
13Tile and Stone Setters$48,290
No formal educational credential
$28,720 – $74,170950
14Roofers$48,030
No formal educational credential
$33,930 – $62,9905,290
15Construction Laborers$45,520
No formal educational credential
$35,290 – $60,02018,280
16Glaziers$44,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $62,3702,330
17Helpers--Electricians$39,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $46,4301,160
18Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$37,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $48,7101,260

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Elevator and Escalator Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$108,170	$60,950 – $123,830	1,050
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,530	$51,440 – $127,420	16,720
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,610	$46,940 – $105,690	4,380
4	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,270	$40,890 – $77,060	890
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,630	$38,360 – $80,840	12,990
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$40,360 – $75,010	5,930
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,800	$40,200 – $71,200	5,850
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,700	$36,630 – $76,920	1,780
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,570	$38,510 – $72,540	10,100
10	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$50,170	$37,440 – $63,310	1,300
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$48,860	$39,670 – $64,440	3,820
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$48,490	$37,830 – $65,630	6,210
13	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$48,290	$28,720 – $74,170	950
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$48,030	$33,930 – $62,990	5,290
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$45,520	$35,290 – $60,020	18,280
16	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,430	$27,040 – $62,370	2,330
17	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,510	$36,820 – $46,430	1,160
18	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,520	$35,360 – $48,710	1,260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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