High paying construction jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA run 11.1% above the national average (2024), so a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA salary is worth about 0.90× 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$121,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$77,980 – $170,81011,040
2Sheet Metal Workers$109,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,330 – $149,2602,190
3Construction and Building Inspectors$102,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,320 – $120,9701,640
4Electricians$101,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,690 – $151,2909,750
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$95,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,830 – $128,4204,860
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$95,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,930 – $153,5006,350
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$80,860
No formal educational credential
$56,890 – $132,6302,140
8Tapers$80,340
No formal educational credential
$52,730 – $104,0301,120
9Carpenters$76,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,090 – $123,75014,970
10Glaziers$75,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,850 – $131,280900
11Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$75,560
No formal educational credential
$55,970 – $127,9801,840
12Highway Maintenance Workers$75,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,900 – $90,930820
13Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$71,980
No formal educational credential
$49,640 – $134,1001,250
14Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$64,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,790 – $84,220830
15Roofers$64,090
No formal educational credential
$48,450 – $104,5602,970
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$60,440
No formal educational credential
$47,400 – $79,2805,140
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$60,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,740 – $99,0701,620
18Construction Laborers$59,740
No formal educational credential
$43,660 – $98,52013,040
19Fence Erectors$55,440
No formal educational credential
$47,930 – $77,320730

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

#	Occupation	MedianSeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$121,130	$77,980 – $170,810	11,040
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$109,830	$61,330 – $149,260	2,190
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,830	$65,320 – $120,970	1,640
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$101,780	$55,690 – $151,290	9,750
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,750	$59,830 – $128,420	4,860
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,230	$51,930 – $153,500	6,350
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$80,860	$56,890 – $132,630	2,140
8	TapersNo formal educational credential	$80,340	$52,730 – $104,030	1,120
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,410	$58,090 – $123,750	14,970
10	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,610	$49,850 – $131,280	900
11	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$75,560	$55,970 – $127,980	1,840
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,030	$64,900 – $90,930	820
13	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$71,980	$49,640 – $134,100	1,250
14	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,180	$49,790 – $84,220	830
15	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$64,090	$48,450 – $104,560	2,970
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$60,440	$47,400 – $79,280	5,140
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,290	$46,740 – $99,070	1,620
18	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$59,740	$43,660 – $98,520	13,040
19	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$55,440	$47,930 – $77,320	730

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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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