High paying construction jobs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY run 4.2% below the national average (2024), so a Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$82,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,160 – $125,0301,730
2Electricians$77,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $104,7102,340
3Construction and Building Inspectors$77,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,730 – $107,630590
4Brickmasons and Blockmasons$76,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,080 – $95,100290
5Structural Iron and Steel Workers$76,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,000 – $108,340210
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$73,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,170 – $114,540950
7Sheet Metal Workers$72,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,630 – $111,500440
8Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$72,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,300 – $104,0401,430
9Carpenters$63,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,670 – $83,3602,440
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,640
No formal educational credential
$48,120 – $81,310470
11Roofers$62,590
No formal educational credential
$48,370 – $77,150570
12Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$59,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,670 – $73,920350
13Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$57,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,220 – $84,380250
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$53,340
No formal educational credential
$39,040 – $95,930750
15Highway Maintenance Workers$51,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,330 – $69,9801,260
16Construction Laborers$50,620
No formal educational credential
$38,060 – $82,2002,790
17Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$43,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $59,620200

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

#	Occupation	MedianBuffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,190	$60,160 – $125,030	1,730
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,930	$37,820 – $104,710	2,340
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,040	$48,730 – $107,630	590
4	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,800	$57,080 – $95,100	290
5	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,420	$48,000 – $108,340	210
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,650	$49,170 – $114,540	950
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,580	$44,630 – $111,500	440
8	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,230	$40,300 – $104,040	1,430
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,500	$42,670 – $83,360	2,440
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,640	$48,120 – $81,310	470
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$62,590	$48,370 – $77,150	570
12	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,700	$46,670 – $73,920	350
13	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,910	$46,220 – $84,380	250
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$53,340	$39,040 – $95,930	750
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,210	$42,330 – $69,980	1,260
16	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$50,620	$38,060 – $82,200	2,790
17	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,790	$32,240 – $59,620	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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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