High paying construction jobs in Rocky Mount, NC

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rocky Mount, 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 Rocky Mount, NC run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rocky Mount, NC salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Rocky Mount, NC · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$74,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,270 – $98,29040
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$73,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,930 – $98,690380
3Electricians$58,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $79,150340
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$56,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $74,140140
5Highway Maintenance Workers$48,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,680 – $57,17060
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $58,250170
7Carpenters$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $54,780140
8Pipelayers$43,230
No formal educational credential
$37,290 – $45,62050
9Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$40,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,820 – $48,25050
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$40,390
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $56,21040
11Roofers$40,100
No formal educational credential
$30,080 – $52,00040
12Construction Laborers$38,100
No formal educational credential
$30,330 – $56,700340
13Helpers--Electricians$37,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,900 – $47,080120

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

#	Occupation	MedianRocky Mount, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,790	$44,270 – $98,290	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,570	$52,930 – $98,690	380
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,710	$39,480 – $79,150	340
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,220	$37,300 – $74,140	140
5	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,870	$33,680 – $57,170	60
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,640	$37,420 – $58,250	170
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$34,510 – $54,780	140
8	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$43,230	$37,290 – $45,620	50
9	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,570	$24,820 – $48,250	50
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$40,390	$27,040 – $56,210	40
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$40,100	$30,080 – $52,000	40
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$38,100	$30,330 – $56,700	340
13	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,830	$32,900 – $47,080	120

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