High paying construction jobs in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL run 0.0% above the national average (2024), so a Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,120 – $103,0801,920
2Construction and Building Inspectors$64,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,430 – $100,310450
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$59,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,800 – $73,820940
4Electricians$58,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $78,9801,220
5Sheet Metal Workers$51,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $67,990290
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$49,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,550 – $63,940620
7Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,100
No formal educational credential
$37,810 – $66,200460
8Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$48,810
No formal educational credential
$32,490 – $62,12080
9Carpenters$47,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $64,080680
10Roofers$47,770
No formal educational credential
$34,200 – $62,080540
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,410
No formal educational credential
$37,510 – $61,310370
12Tile and Stone Setters$47,320
No formal educational credential
$35,970 – $75,200140
13Construction Laborers$44,720
No formal educational credential
$34,730 – $59,5201,870
14Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$42,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $51,470220
15Glaziers$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $71,360130
16Helpers--Electricians$38,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,540 – $50,510170

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

#	Occupation	MedianPalm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,280	$50,120 – $103,080	1,920
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,390	$46,430 – $100,310	450
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,780	$41,800 – $73,820	940
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,450	$37,330 – $78,980	1,220
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,180	$38,690 – $67,990	290
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,140	$39,550 – $63,940	620
7	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,100	$37,810 – $66,200	460
8	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$48,810	$32,490 – $62,120	80
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,770	$35,170 – $64,080	680
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,770	$34,200 – $62,080	540
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,410	$37,510 – $61,310	370
12	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$47,320	$35,970 – $75,200	140
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$44,720	$34,730 – $59,520	1,870
14	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,630	$34,850 – $51,470	220
15	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$27,040 – $71,360	130
16	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,360	$35,540 – $50,510	170

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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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