High paying construction jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Burlington-South Burlington, VT 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 Burlington-South Burlington, VT run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Burlington-South Burlington, VT salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Burlington-South Burlington, VT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$84,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,370 – $129,990370
2Construction and Building Inspectors$68,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,280 – $92,11060
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$67,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,800 – $91,510470
4Electricians$66,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,900 – $100,850470
5Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$63,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,110 – $67,47040
6Carpenters$62,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,440 – $76,850900
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,520
No formal educational credential
$50,650 – $81,020120
8Brickmasons and Blockmasons$62,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,950 – $76,42040
9Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$61,500
No formal educational credential
$46,390 – $70,88060
10Glaziers$61,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,270 – $74,58080
11Sheet Metal Workers$60,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,920 – $82,940230
12Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$60,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,780 – $76,090330
13Highway Maintenance Workers$59,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,140 – $72,530190
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$58,670
No formal educational credential
$48,960 – $65,230150
15Tile and Stone Setters$55,890
No formal educational credential
$48,830 – $69,96040
16Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$51,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,070 – $62,02040
17Construction Laborers$49,940
No formal educational credential
$41,890 – $65,790460
18Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$49,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,980 – $64,00050
19Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$47,480
No formal educational credential
$43,860 – $60,28040
20Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$46,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,220 – $52,29050

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

#	Occupation	MedianBurlington-South Burlington, VT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,790	$64,370 – $129,990	370
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,450	$59,280 – $92,110	60
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,450	$48,800 – $91,510	470
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,860	$48,900 – $100,850	470
5	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,700	$46,110 – $67,470	40
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,790	$49,440 – $76,850	900
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,520	$50,650 – $81,020	120
8	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,060	$50,950 – $76,420	40
9	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$61,500	$46,390 – $70,880	60
10	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,110	$48,270 – $74,580	80
11	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,800	$42,920 – $82,940	230
12	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,000	$51,780 – $76,090	330
13	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,220	$48,140 – $72,530	190
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$58,670	$48,960 – $65,230	150
15	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$55,890	$48,830 – $69,960	40
16	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,960	$46,070 – $62,020	40
17	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,940	$41,890 – $65,790	460
18	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,160	$40,980 – $64,000	50
19	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$47,480	$43,860 – $60,280	40
20	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,780	$46,220 – $52,290	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. 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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