High paying construction jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ run 12.6% above the national average (2024), so a New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ salary is worth about 0.89× 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, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Employed

1Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers$136,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$82,950 – $171,8603,270
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$103,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,180 – $154,54028,220
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$95,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,680 – $154,04011,430
4Construction and Building Inspectors$90,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,300 – $135,45010,340
5Electricians$79,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,170 – $132,17036,550
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$78,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,870 – $145,48021,040
7Sheet Metal Workers$76,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $129,6706,080
8Roofers$76,400
No formal educational credential
$48,240 – $104,5203,100
9Carpenters$74,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,860 – $123,81034,210
10Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$74,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,870 – $99,1103,770
11Glaziers$69,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,860 – $110,8203,030
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$65,670
No formal educational credential
$50,140 – $105,9208,390
13Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$62,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,000 – $104,3503,440
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$61,420
No formal educational credential
$45,400 – $111,55011,930
15Construction Laborers$61,270
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $104,28050,870
16Highway Maintenance Workers$60,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,950 – $84,8106,800
17Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,190 – $72,8004,360
18Helpers--Electricians$47,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,270 – $66,3404,660

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Elevator and Escalator Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$136,000	$82,950 – $171,860	3,270
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,990	$66,180 – $154,540	28,220
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,050	$56,680 – $154,040	11,430
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$90,800	$52,300 – $135,450	10,340
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,020	$46,170 – $132,170	36,550
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,610	$47,870 – $145,480	21,040
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,730	$41,600 – $129,670	6,080
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$76,400	$48,240 – $104,520	3,100
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,300	$46,860 – $123,810	34,210
10	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,060	$46,870 – $99,110	3,770
11	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,480	$43,860 – $110,820	3,030
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$65,670	$50,140 – $105,920	8,390
13	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,780	$50,000 – $104,350	3,440
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$61,420	$45,400 – $111,550	11,930
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$61,270	$34,320 – $104,280	50,870
16	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,280	$38,950 – $84,810	6,800
17	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$37,190 – $72,800	4,360
18	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,800	$35,270 – $66,340	4,660

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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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