High paying construction jobs in Michigan

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Michigan. 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 Michigan run 3.8% below the national average (2024), so a Michigan salary is worth about 1.04× 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 Michigan.

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

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OccupationMedian, Michigan · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$80,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,560 – $103,43014,120
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$78,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,140 – $119,99016,660
3Electricians$76,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,980 – $103,12023,530
4Construction and Building Inspectors$71,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,100 – $95,9803,090
5Sheet Metal Workers$64,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,940 – $96,3904,000
6Brickmasons and Blockmasons$63,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,400 – $90,9302,240
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$62,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,260 – $79,1501,750
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$62,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,370 – $90,5809,500
9Carpenters$61,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $81,86018,590
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$59,860
No formal educational credential
$43,860 – $75,6506,350
11Roofers$59,530
No formal educational credential
$41,910 – $80,2703,090
12Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$54,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,510 – $74,3601,720
13Highway Maintenance Workers$53,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,830 – $63,4605,230
14Glaziers$52,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,320 – $73,6502,040
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$50,650
No formal educational credential
$37,440 – $75,6704,920
16Construction Laborers$49,590
No formal educational credential
$37,220 – $69,89028,490
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $68,3901,610

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

#	Occupation	MedianMichigan	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,190	$46,560 – $103,430	14,120
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,180	$57,140 – $119,990	16,660
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,270	$42,980 – $103,120	23,530
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,040	$47,100 – $95,980	3,090
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,490	$40,940 – $96,390	4,000
6	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,500	$48,400 – $90,930	2,240
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,830	$41,260 – $79,150	1,750
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,690	$46,370 – $90,580	9,500
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,680	$44,550 – $81,860	18,590
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$59,860	$43,860 – $75,650	6,350
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$59,530	$41,910 – $80,270	3,090
12	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,220	$38,510 – $74,360	1,720
13	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,750	$34,830 – $63,460	5,230
14	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,770	$45,320 – $73,650	2,040
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$50,650	$37,440 – $75,670	4,920
16	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,590	$37,220 – $69,890	28,490
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$36,610 – $68,390	1,610

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