High paying construction jobs in Santa Fe, NM

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Santa Fe, NM. 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 Santa Fe, NM run 1.2% below the national average (2024), so a Santa Fe, NM salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Santa Fe, NM · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$67,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,280 – $101,810210
2Construction and Building Inspectors$64,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,910 – $80,06060
3Carpenters$59,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,320 – $85,040210
4Electricians$57,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $82,800150
5Plasterers and Stucco Masons$57,150
No formal educational credential
$45,450 – $61,85060
6Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$54,830
No formal educational credential
$42,940 – $57,54050
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,140 – $71,050140
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$51,430
No formal educational credential
$42,900 – $56,99080
9Highway Maintenance Workers$50,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,490 – $59,63080
10Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$50,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $78,150160
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$50,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,160 – $58,46050
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,840
No formal educational credential
$44,150 – $74,86090
13Roofers$45,090
No formal educational credential
$32,900 – $58,290140
14Construction Laborers$41,980
No formal educational credential
$32,110 – $56,210530

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Fe, NM	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,630	$49,280 – $101,810	210
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,770	$49,910 – $80,060	60
3	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,420	$45,320 – $85,040	210
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,250	$37,280 – $82,800	150
5	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$57,150	$45,450 – $61,850	60
6	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$54,830	$42,940 – $57,540	50
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$46,140 – $71,050	140
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$51,430	$42,900 – $56,990	80
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,610	$39,490 – $59,630	80
10	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,180	$37,060 – $78,150	160
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,040	$41,160 – $58,460	50
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,840	$44,150 – $74,860	90
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$45,090	$32,900 – $58,290	140
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$41,980	$32,110 – $56,210	530

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Fe, NM. 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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