High paying construction jobs in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. 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 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD run 13.5% below the national average (2024), so a Sioux City, IA-NE-SD salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Sioux City, IA-NE-SD · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$81,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,040 – $100,380440
2Electricians$73,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,600 – $84,930300
3Construction and Building Inspectors$68,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,310 – $80,64030
4Sheet Metal Workers$67,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,480 – $80,37050
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$60,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,580 – $97,410240
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,940 – $73,030200
7Highway Maintenance Workers$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,560 – $62,580180
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$57,410
No formal educational credential
$42,580 – $64,290120
9Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$53,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,260 – $82,97040
10Carpenters$51,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $71,740350
11Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$49,000
No formal educational credential
$37,140 – $71,75090
12Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$48,850
No formal educational credential
$39,400 – $60,24070
13Construction Laborers$48,630
No formal educational credential
$37,980 – $74,390560
14Roofers$47,050
No formal educational credential
$38,400 – $64,72090
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$46,760
No formal educational credential
$36,850 – $62,10090

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

#	Occupation	MedianSioux City, IA-NE-SD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,380	$55,040 – $100,380	440
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,910	$46,600 – $84,930	300
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,770	$59,310 – $80,640	30
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,350	$44,480 – $80,370	50
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,890	$45,580 – $97,410	240
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,140	$46,940 – $73,030	200
7	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$40,560 – $62,580	180
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$57,410	$42,580 – $64,290	120
9	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,190	$46,260 – $82,970	40
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,100	$35,730 – $71,740	350
11	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$49,000	$37,140 – $71,750	90
12	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$48,850	$39,400 – $60,240	70
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$48,630	$37,980 – $74,390	560
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,050	$38,400 – $64,720	90
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$46,760	$36,850 – $62,100	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. 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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