High paying construction jobs in Wichita, KS

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wichita, KS. 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 Wichita, KS run 11.1% below the national average (2024), so a Wichita, KS salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Wichita, KS · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,340 – $102,8702,090
2Electricians$65,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $96,8301,610
3Construction and Building Inspectors$62,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,890 – $106,340170
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$60,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $93,6301,060
5Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$51,520
No formal educational credential
$38,980 – $89,080150
6Carpenters$50,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $78,0001,210
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$49,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,050 – $74,0201,150
8Sheet Metal Workers$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,640 – $98,810690
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$48,780
No formal educational credential
$38,960 – $74,560990
10Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$48,660
No formal educational credential
$38,340 – $60,300150
11Highway Maintenance Workers$47,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,730 – $58,930190
12Helpers--Electricians$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,700 – $56,630140
13Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$45,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,570 – $58,070140
14Roofers$45,760
No formal educational credential
$37,810 – $74,410240
15Glaziers$45,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $64,600130
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,240
No formal educational credential
$30,630 – $55,380400
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$42,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,100 – $56,340210
18Construction Laborers$41,360
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $55,4702,300

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

#	Occupation	MedianWichita, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,410	$50,340 – $102,870	2,090
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,670	$38,700 – $96,830	1,610
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,300	$45,890 – $106,340	170
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,940	$38,290 – $93,630	1,060
5	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$51,520	$38,980 – $89,080	150
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,930	$37,980 – $78,000	1,210
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,930	$40,050 – $74,020	1,150
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$38,640 – $98,810	690
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$48,780	$38,960 – $74,560	990
10	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$48,660	$38,340 – $60,300	150
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,150	$37,730 – $58,930	190
12	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$29,700 – $56,630	140
13	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,900	$39,570 – $58,070	140
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$45,760	$37,810 – $74,410	240
15	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,530	$37,260 – $64,600	130
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,240	$30,630 – $55,380	400
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,520	$36,100 – $56,340	210
18	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$41,360	$31,200 – $55,470	2,300

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