High paying construction jobs in Boise City, ID with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Boise City, ID that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Boise City, ID run 1.6% below the national average (2024), so a Boise City, ID 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

Find construction jobs in Boise City, ID

OccupationMedian, Boise City, ID · Employed

1Structural Iron and Steel Workers$77,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,540 – $102,690200
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,390 – $104,4303,500
3Construction and Building Inspectors$62,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,040 – $98,200490
4Brickmasons and Blockmasons$62,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,950 – $78,780150
5Electricians$61,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,100 – $91,7802,510
6Glaziers$60,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,940 – $81,490300
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$60,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,510 – $78,6601,730
8Roofers$60,100
No formal educational credential
$37,790 – $71,800650
9Tapers$57,690
No formal educational credential
$39,610 – $93,130170
10Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$56,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,450 – $82,7701,760
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$56,060
No formal educational credential
$42,880 – $72,1801,110
12Sheet Metal Workers$55,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $78,460860
13Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$53,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,620 – $73,020210
14Carpenters$50,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $76,5504,080
15Highway Maintenance Workers$50,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,620 – $74,240170
16Tile and Stone Setters$50,070
No formal educational credential
$34,480 – $59,740300
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$48,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,880 – $60,510210
18Construction Laborers$47,510
No formal educational credential
$37,900 – $62,2604,700
19Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,500
No formal educational credential
$35,150 – $61,8601,030
20Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$44,300
No formal educational credential
$29,580 – $63,870480

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

#	Occupation	MedianBoise City, ID	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,940	$48,540 – $102,690	200
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,500	$55,390 – $104,430	3,500
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,700	$47,040 – $98,200	490
4	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,510	$47,950 – $78,780	150
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,610	$39,100 – $91,780	2,510
6	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,960	$40,940 – $81,490	300
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,930	$49,510 – $78,660	1,730
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$60,100	$37,790 – $71,800	650
9	TapersNo formal educational credential	$57,690	$39,610 – $93,130	170
10	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,940	$39,450 – $82,770	1,760
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$56,060	$42,880 – $72,180	1,110
12	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,920	$36,410 – $78,460	860
13	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,870	$45,620 – $73,020	210
14	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,850	$36,490 – $76,550	4,080
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,740	$43,620 – $74,240	170
16	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$50,070	$34,480 – $59,740	300
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,660	$44,880 – $60,510	210
18	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$47,510	$37,900 – $62,260	4,700
19	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,500	$35,150 – $61,860	1,030
20	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$44,300	$29,580 – $63,870	480

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Boise City, ID. 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.

More for Boise City, ID

Other metro areas in ID

By field in Boise City, ID

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Boise City, ID to rank honestly.

High paying construction jobs in Boise City, ID with no degree

More for Boise City, ID

Other metro areas in ID

By field in Boise City, ID

Without a degree

High paying construction jobs in each state with no degree