High paying construction jobs in Connecticut with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Connecticut 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 Connecticut run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Connecticut salary is worth about 0.97× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Connecticut.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Connecticut · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$98,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,140 – $129,8301,430
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$92,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,660 – $123,7906,980
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$78,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,000 – $106,9202,860
4Sheet Metal Workers$78,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,780 – $93,9401,480
5Electricians$77,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,680 – $104,2807,710
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$77,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $102,9905,410
7Highway Maintenance Workers$64,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,710 – $79,4902,130
8Carpenters$64,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,140 – $88,0005,160
9Glaziers$63,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,500 – $92,180690
10Roofers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$47,730 – $96,070790
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$58,640
No formal educational credential
$38,590 – $90,710610
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$58,480
No formal educational credential
$40,120 – $92,3902,230
13Construction Laborers$58,290
No formal educational credential
$42,580 – $76,5207,360
14Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$47,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,060 – $64,150750

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

#	Occupation	MedianConnecticut	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,670	$65,140 – $129,830	1,430
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,260	$63,660 – $123,790	6,980
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,750	$60,000 – $106,920	2,860
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,750	$49,780 – $93,940	1,480
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,540	$47,680 – $104,280	7,710
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,280	$45,670 – $102,990	5,410
7	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,870	$57,710 – $79,490	2,130
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,060	$49,140 – $88,000	5,160
9	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,840	$45,500 – $92,180	690
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$47,730 – $96,070	790
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$58,640	$38,590 – $90,710	610
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$58,480	$40,120 – $92,390	2,230
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$58,290	$42,580 – $76,520	7,360
14	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,090	$39,060 – $64,150	750

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