High paying construction jobs in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. 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 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA run 2.4% above the national average (2024), so a Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$130,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$76,380 – $171,810560
2Electricians$104,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,590 – $156,620740
3Construction and Building Inspectors$97,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$70,910 – $124,63060
4Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$89,100
No formal educational credential
$49,920 – $111,68050
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$85,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,990 – $124,370180
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$77,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,820 – $119,100230
7Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$74,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,860 – $80,72040
8Carpenters$69,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,190 – $119,960540
9Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$67,730
No formal educational credential
$48,920 – $96,00070
10Highway Maintenance Workers$65,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,370 – $79,64080
11Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$62,710
No formal educational credential
$45,930 – $119,20090
12Roofers$61,410
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $97,77080
13Sheet Metal Workers$61,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,690 – $98,03080
14Construction Laborers$58,220
No formal educational credential
$40,300 – $95,230400
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,990
No formal educational credential
$42,440 – $76,930150
16Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$57,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,580 – $64,35030

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

#	Occupation	MedianMount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$130,790	$76,380 – $171,810	560
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,510	$55,590 – $156,620	740
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,610	$70,910 – $124,630	60
4	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$89,100	$49,920 – $111,680	50
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,390	$60,990 – $124,370	180
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,540	$48,820 – $119,100	230
7	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,550	$43,860 – $80,720	40
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,710	$50,190 – $119,960	540
9	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$67,730	$48,920 – $96,000	70
10	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,120	$58,370 – $79,640	80
11	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$62,710	$45,930 – $119,200	90
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$61,410	$48,880 – $97,770	80
13	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,330	$50,690 – $98,030	80
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$58,220	$40,300 – $95,230	400
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,990	$42,440 – $76,930	150
16	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,840	$46,580 – $64,350	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. 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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