High paying construction jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX run 3.1% above the national average (2024), so a Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 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.

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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,280 – $104,48021,530
2Construction and Building Inspectors$69,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,660 – $108,5905,450
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$61,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,350 – $82,23011,980
4Brickmasons and Blockmasons$59,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,080 – $60,9401,590
5Electricians$59,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,740 – $81,66020,930
6Sheet Metal Workers$56,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $78,4602,890
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$53,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,620 – $77,5202,850
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$51,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,700 – $71,08011,510
9Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$49,930
No formal educational credential
$36,910 – $64,1302,100
10Glaziers$49,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $60,4701,980
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$48,770
No formal educational credential
$38,010 – $60,5307,920
12Carpenters$48,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $63,8809,480
13Solar Photovoltaic Installers$48,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,470 – $62,8701,570
14Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$48,220
No formal educational credential
$35,840 – $61,0301,870
15Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$48,030
No formal educational credential
$37,560 – $62,5101,740
16Roofers$46,990
No formal educational credential
$36,090 – $64,0102,180
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,550
No formal educational credential
$36,300 – $60,3704,570
18Helpers--Electricians$44,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,020 – $59,0302,200
19Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$44,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,940 – $60,8001,410
20Construction Laborers$43,960
No formal educational credential
$35,480 – $56,94029,670
21Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$43,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $55,2202,330

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

#	Occupation	MedianDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,230	$50,280 – $104,480	21,530
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,020	$46,660 – $108,590	5,450
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,250	$39,350 – $82,230	11,980
4	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,400	$47,080 – $60,940	1,590
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,010	$38,740 – $81,660	20,930
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,240	$37,680 – $78,460	2,890
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,600	$45,620 – $77,520	2,850
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,370	$41,700 – $71,080	11,510
9	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$49,930	$36,910 – $64,130	2,100
10	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,450	$37,420 – $60,470	1,980
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$48,770	$38,010 – $60,530	7,920
12	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,740	$36,440 – $63,880	9,480
13	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,350	$38,470 – $62,870	1,570
14	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$48,220	$35,840 – $61,030	1,870
15	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$48,030	$37,560 – $62,510	1,740
16	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$46,990	$36,090 – $64,010	2,180
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,550	$36,300 – $60,370	4,570
18	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,490	$36,020 – $59,030	2,200
19	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,420	$38,940 – $60,800	1,410
20	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$43,960	$35,480 – $56,940	29,670
21	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,680	$35,660 – $55,220	2,330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. 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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