High paying construction jobs in Odessa, TX

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Odessa, TX. 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 Odessa, TX run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Odessa, TX salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Odessa, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$78,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,970 – $123,0701,380
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$61,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,460 – $78,210290
3Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas$59,560
No formal educational credential
$39,470 – $99,420230
4Electricians$57,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,690 – $75,1501,030
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$55,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,490 – $73,010670
6Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$53,130
No formal educational credential
$45,870 – $63,280390
7Insulation Workers, Mechanical$52,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $57,620100
8Carpenters$52,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,330 – $61,980180
9Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$50,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $74,45040
10Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$49,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,740 – $55,84050
11Construction and Building Inspectors$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $74,080230
12Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$49,080
No formal educational credential
$46,490 – $73,2301,730
13Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$49,040
No formal educational credential
$34,570 – $60,67040
14Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,940
No formal educational credential
$38,610 – $61,510110
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,870
No formal educational credential
$35,100 – $58,860110
16Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$45,650
No formal educational credential
$36,080 – $57,6002,060
17Highway Maintenance Workers$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,000 – $45,65030
18Pipelayers$41,990
No formal educational credential
$36,580 – $48,70040
19Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$41,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,160 – $58,81050
20Helpers--Extraction Workers$39,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,040 – $44,58070
21Construction Laborers$38,380
No formal educational credential
$34,390 – $50,650970

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

#	Occupation	MedianOdessa, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,580	$48,970 – $123,070	1,380
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,870	$39,460 – $78,210	290
3	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$59,560	$39,470 – $99,420	230
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,110	$41,690 – $75,150	1,030
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,430	$43,490 – $73,010	670
6	Derrick Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$53,130	$45,870 – $63,280	390
7	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,760	$42,210 – $57,620	100
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,260	$41,330 – $61,980	180
9	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,230	$38,650 – $74,450	40
10	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,700	$44,740 – $55,840	50
11	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$38,210 – $74,080	230
12	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$49,080	$46,490 – $73,230	1,730
13	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$49,040	$34,570 – $60,670	40
14	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,940	$38,610 – $61,510	110
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,870	$35,100 – $58,860	110
16	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$45,650	$36,080 – $57,600	2,060
17	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$32,000 – $45,650	30
18	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$41,990	$36,580 – $48,700	40
19	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,280	$34,160 – $58,810	50
20	Helpers--Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,480	$39,040 – $44,580	70
21	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$38,380	$34,390 – $50,650	970

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