High paying construction jobs in Oklahoma City, OK

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Oklahoma City, OK. 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 Oklahoma City, OK run 9.6% below the national average (2024), so a Oklahoma City, OK salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Oklahoma City, OK · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$74,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,290 – $122,2804,460
2Sheet Metal Workers$68,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,300 – $77,7102,070
3Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$62,370
No formal educational credential
$56,110 – $63,840260
4Electricians$61,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $91,0703,100
5Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$60,260
No formal educational credential
$36,310 – $101,930910
6Construction and Building Inspectors$59,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,390 – $99,290800
7Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$59,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $83,2602,400
8Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas$55,160
No formal educational credential
$50,200 – $79,1401,040
9Brickmasons and Blockmasons$51,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,350 – $68,210260
10Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$49,930
No formal educational credential
$36,910 – $60,700800
11Pipelayers$49,350
No formal educational credential
$38,770 – $53,300260
12Carpenters$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $74,8801,420
13Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $65,1002,250
14Structural Iron and Steel Workers$47,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,110 – $65,690470
15Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$46,950
No formal educational credential
$37,320 – $58,2601,210
16Helpers--Electricians$46,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,330 – $60,940430
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$46,600
No formal educational credential
$30,650 – $67,410900
18Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$46,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,480 – $62,950260
19Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$44,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,710 – $50,370260
20Highway Maintenance Workers$44,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,840 – $54,260560
21Roofers$43,680
No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $60,800710
22Construction Laborers$39,430
No formal educational credential
$34,930 – $57,7605,570

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

#	Occupation	MedianOklahoma City, OK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,780	$46,290 – $122,280	4,460
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,140	$48,300 – $77,710	2,070
3	Derrick Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$62,370	$56,110 – $63,840	260
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,010	$37,130 – $91,070	3,100
5	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$60,260	$36,310 – $101,930	910
6	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,610	$40,390 – $99,290	800
7	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,150	$38,760 – $83,260	2,400
8	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$55,160	$50,200 – $79,140	1,040
9	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,200	$40,350 – $68,210	260
10	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$49,930	$36,910 – $60,700	800
11	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$49,350	$38,770 – $53,300	260
12	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$36,260 – $74,880	1,420
13	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$37,440 – $65,100	2,250
14	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,330	$40,110 – $65,690	470
15	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$46,950	$37,320 – $58,260	1,210
16	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,780	$36,330 – $60,940	430
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$46,600	$30,650 – $67,410	900
18	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,290	$35,480 – $62,950	260
19	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,340	$39,710 – $50,370	260
20	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,270	$36,840 – $54,260	560
21	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$43,680	$30,800 – $60,800	710
22	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$39,430	$34,930 – $57,760	5,570

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Oklahoma City, OK. 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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