High paying construction jobs in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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 Raleigh-Cary, NC run 1.8% below the national average (2024), so a Raleigh-Cary, NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Raleigh-Cary, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,570 – $120,2406,080
2Construction and Building Inspectors$67,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,840 – $97,9201,760
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$60,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,940 – $77,6102,810
4Electricians$56,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,700 – $73,7603,740
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$51,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,540 – $65,9703,080
6Carpenters$50,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,350 – $64,8302,680
7Roofers$50,720
No formal educational credential
$38,480 – $60,580580
8Sheet Metal Workers$50,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $65,830470
9Brickmasons and Blockmasons$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,130 – $63,220290
10Highway Maintenance Workers$48,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $62,890310
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$48,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $71,930440
12Pipelayers$48,390
No formal educational credential
$39,720 – $60,080640
13Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,430
No formal educational credential
$38,160 – $63,340870
14Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$46,030
No formal educational credential
$35,020 – $65,100480
15Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$45,900
No formal educational credential
$32,000 – $61,280360
16Construction Laborers$45,650
No formal educational credential
$35,880 – $59,8606,360
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,360
No formal educational credential
$36,830 – $57,920810
18Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $53,650440
19Helpers--Electricians$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $48,6901,040

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

#	Occupation	MedianRaleigh-Cary, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,690	$55,570 – $120,240	6,080
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,840	$46,840 – $97,920	1,760
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,540	$42,940 – $77,610	2,810
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,800	$45,700 – $73,760	3,740
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,110	$40,540 – $65,970	3,080
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,820	$33,350 – $64,830	2,680
7	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$50,720	$38,480 – $60,580	580
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,570	$38,150 – $65,830	470
9	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$39,130 – $63,220	290
10	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,870	$35,780 – $62,890	310
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,590	$38,260 – $71,930	440
12	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$48,390	$39,720 – $60,080	640
13	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,430	$38,160 – $63,340	870
14	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$46,030	$35,020 – $65,100	480
15	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$45,900	$32,000 – $61,280	360
16	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$45,650	$35,880 – $59,860	6,360
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,360	$36,830 – $57,920	810
18	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$35,000 – $53,650	440
19	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$37,110 – $48,690	1,040

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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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