High paying construction jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in St. Louis, MO-IL. 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 St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× 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, St. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$96,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,710 – $120,7006,680
2Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$82,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,210 – $100,8104,190
3Structural Iron and Steel Workers$81,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,380 – $97,970670
4Insulation Workers, Mechanical$79,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,420 – $92,990560
5Brickmasons and Blockmasons$77,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,360 – $88,3501,070
6Electricians$77,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,890 – $104,8005,920
7Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$77,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,040 – $121,2304,060
8Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$76,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,890 – $97,610480
9Carpenters$70,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,000 – $99,5507,210
10Sheet Metal Workers$66,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,790 – $107,5701,050
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$64,670
No formal educational credential
$47,240 – $98,4202,550
12Construction Laborers$64,500
No formal educational credential
$40,100 – $96,2808,670
13Construction and Building Inspectors$63,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,140 – $94,390870
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$59,810
No formal educational credential
$40,430 – $83,3802,350
15Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$59,040
No formal educational credential
$45,320 – $90,930520
16Roofers$58,750
No formal educational credential
$42,190 – $98,6201,110
17Highway Maintenance Workers$52,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,070 – $89,6701,960
18Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$51,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,780 – $76,950520

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,620	$61,710 – $120,700	6,680
2	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,270	$47,210 – $100,810	4,190
3	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,640	$50,380 – $97,970	670
4	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,240	$49,420 – $92,990	560
5	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,490	$48,360 – $88,350	1,070
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,170	$46,890 – $104,800	5,920
7	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,000	$47,040 – $121,230	4,060
8	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,800	$45,890 – $97,610	480
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,990	$45,000 – $99,550	7,210
10	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,080	$40,790 – $107,570	1,050
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$64,670	$47,240 – $98,420	2,550
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$64,500	$40,100 – $96,280	8,670
13	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,840	$48,140 – $94,390	870
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$59,810	$40,430 – $83,380	2,350
15	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$59,040	$45,320 – $90,930	520
16	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$58,750	$42,190 – $98,620	1,110
17	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,160	$39,070 – $89,670	1,960
18	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,940	$40,780 – $76,950	520

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-IL. 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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