High paying construction jobs in Ocala, FL

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ocala, 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 Ocala, FL run 4.8% below the national average (2024), so a Ocala, FL salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Ocala, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$71,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,650 – $99,7801,020
2Construction and Building Inspectors$50,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,710 – $79,760160
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$49,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,520 – $70,790420
4Electricians$47,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $64,650670
5Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,010
No formal educational credential
$36,530 – $61,110250
6Carpenters$46,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,200 – $61,710490
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$46,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $59,680460
8Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,540
No formal educational credential
$36,130 – $58,380270
9Pipelayers$45,250
No formal educational credential
$38,320 – $48,88090
10Roofers$45,130
No formal educational credential
$29,380 – $60,020480
11Tile and Stone Setters$45,110
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $93,87070
12Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$44,250
No formal educational credential
$35,870 – $58,310100
13Plasterers and Stucco Masons$43,670
No formal educational credential
$36,990 – $59,00070
14Glaziers$40,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,000 – $60,26060
15Construction Laborers$38,050
No formal educational credential
$30,530 – $51,0901,340
16Helpers--Electricians$36,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,380 – $46,58090
17Highway Maintenance Workers$35,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,020 – $43,32050
18Structural Iron and Steel Workers$33,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,770 – $60,20090

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

#	Occupation	MedianOcala, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,070	$47,650 – $99,780	1,020
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,210	$38,710 – $79,760	160
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,910	$37,520 – $70,790	420
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,700	$35,570 – $64,650	670
5	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,010	$36,530 – $61,110	250
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,600	$35,200 – $61,710	490
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,500	$36,520 – $59,680	460
8	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,540	$36,130 – $58,380	270
9	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$45,250	$38,320 – $48,880	90
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$45,130	$29,380 – $60,020	480
11	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$45,110	$27,040 – $93,870	70
12	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$44,250	$35,870 – $58,310	100
13	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$43,670	$36,990 – $59,000	70
14	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,610	$32,000 – $60,260	60
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$38,050	$30,530 – $51,090	1,340
16	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,840	$34,380 – $46,580	90
17	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,470	$32,020 – $43,320	50
18	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,770	$33,770 – $60,200	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Ocala, 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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