High paying construction jobs in Minnesota

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Minnesota. 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 Minnesota run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Minnesota salary is worth about 1.01× 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 Minnesota.

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

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OccupationMedian, Minnesota · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$97,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,360 – $128,38013,580
2Brickmasons and Blockmasons$95,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,420 – $100,9801,040
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$94,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,720 – $121,05010,720
4Construction and Building Inspectors$88,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,610 – $112,4201,390
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$79,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,960 – $101,9308,590
6Electricians$78,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,480 – $118,82014,350
7Roofers$74,490
No formal educational credential
$46,020 – $99,1701,890
8Sheet Metal Workers$72,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,520 – $116,9902,980
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$66,830
No formal educational credential
$49,380 – $98,6103,070
10Carpenters$64,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,590 – $99,13014,930
11Highway Maintenance Workers$63,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,660 – $72,6504,610
12Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$61,290
No formal educational credential
$45,570 – $91,5201,050
13Construction Laborers$60,260
No formal educational credential
$42,950 – $96,15028,530
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,270
No formal educational credential
$36,460 – $87,9703,810
15Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$54,350
No formal educational credential
$38,960 – $101,9301,090

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

#	Occupation	MedianMinnesota	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,610	$59,360 – $128,380	13,580
2	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,220	$65,420 – $100,980	1,040
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,410	$48,720 – $121,050	10,720
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,670	$61,610 – $112,420	1,390
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,130	$55,960 – $101,930	8,590
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,160	$47,480 – $118,820	14,350
7	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$74,490	$46,020 – $99,170	1,890
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,970	$47,520 – $116,990	2,980
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$66,830	$49,380 – $98,610	3,070
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,930	$46,590 – $99,130	14,930
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,150	$45,660 – $72,650	4,610
12	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$61,290	$45,570 – $91,520	1,050
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$60,260	$42,950 – $96,150	28,530
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,270	$36,460 – $87,970	3,810
15	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$54,350	$38,960 – $101,930	1,090

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Minnesota. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Minnesota to rank honestly.

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