High paying construction jobs in Walla Walla, WA

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Walla Walla, 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 Walla Walla, WA run 1.5% below the national average (2024), so a Walla Walla, WA salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Walla Walla, WA · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$96,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,600 – $115,21040
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$89,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,040 – $128,20070
3Electricians$82,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,790 – $122,400100
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$70,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,730 – $122,99080
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$67,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,080 – $83,36050
6Highway Maintenance Workers$62,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,250 – $65,14040
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,160
No formal educational credential
$48,010 – $93,040100
8Carpenters$59,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,960 – $81,460120
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$51,460
No formal educational credential
$38,640 – $65,94080
10Roofers$49,380
No formal educational credential
$41,720 – $73,44040
11Construction Laborers$48,360
No formal educational credential
$35,430 – $68,640130

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

#	Occupation	MedianWalla Walla, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,100	$55,600 – $115,210	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,250	$66,040 – $128,200	70
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,910	$47,790 – $122,400	100
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,390	$44,730 – $122,990	80
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,750	$54,080 – $83,360	50
6	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,880	$48,250 – $65,140	40
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,160	$48,010 – $93,040	100
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,660	$47,960 – $81,460	120
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$51,460	$38,640 – $65,940	80
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,380	$41,720 – $73,440	40
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$48,360	$35,430 – $68,640	130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Walla Walla, 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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