High paying construction jobs in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX salary is worth about 1.06× 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, San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$73,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,850 – $104,1106,170
2Construction and Building Inspectors$62,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,550 – $101,9501,450
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$58,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $78,5303,190
4Sheet Metal Workers$57,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,640 – $76,460680
5Electricians$57,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $75,6706,660
6Brickmasons and Blockmasons$56,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,590 – $58,710400
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$50,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,580 – $71,290510
8Carpenters$48,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $59,5402,240
9Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,840 – $70,0403,980
10Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$47,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,300 – $73,280540
11Glaziers$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $59,270480
12Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$47,650
No formal educational credential
$39,790 – $65,110590
13Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$47,070
No formal educational credential
$36,240 – $60,680370
14Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,010
No formal educational credential
$36,660 – $60,7701,960
15Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$45,690
No formal educational credential
$34,950 – $57,130620
16Pipelayers$44,200
No formal educational credential
$36,370 – $49,900380
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$43,430
No formal educational credential
$34,880 – $57,580960
18Helpers--Electricians$40,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,910 – $56,910500
19Construction Laborers$39,390
No formal educational credential
$34,130 – $51,1908,400
20Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$39,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,510 – $49,330610

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,520	$47,850 – $104,110	6,170
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,110	$47,550 – $101,950	1,450
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,180	$37,240 – $78,530	3,190
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,380	$38,640 – $76,460	680
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,010	$37,460 – $75,670	6,660
6	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,580	$42,590 – $58,710	400
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,120	$40,580 – $71,290	510
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,900	$37,440 – $59,540	2,240
9	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,750	$39,840 – $70,040	3,980
10	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,970	$38,300 – $73,280	540
11	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$37,130 – $59,270	480
12	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$47,650	$39,790 – $65,110	590
13	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$47,070	$36,240 – $60,680	370
14	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,010	$36,660 – $60,770	1,960
15	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$45,690	$34,950 – $57,130	620
16	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$44,200	$36,370 – $49,900	380
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$43,430	$34,880 – $57,580	960
18	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,660	$31,910 – $56,910	500
19	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$39,390	$34,130 – $51,190	8,400
20	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,380	$35,510 – $49,330	610

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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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