High paying construction jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL run 10.9% below the national average (2024), so a Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$86,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,680 – $113,5501,200
2Structural Iron and Steel Workers$79,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,810 – $105,17090
3Electricians$76,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,640 – $102,4801,450
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$76,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,560 – $100,930680
5Construction and Building Inspectors$73,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,340 – $95,560110
6Sheet Metal Workers$72,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,510 – $85,490440
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$64,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,910 – $97,050570
8Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$61,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,190 – $81,94060
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,680
No formal educational credential
$44,890 – $79,200220
10Carpenters$60,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $91,550670
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,870
No formal educational credential
$37,050 – $78,670210
12Highway Maintenance Workers$55,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,440 – $100,790400
13Construction Laborers$54,380
No formal educational credential
$38,040 – $78,9401,320
14Fence Erectors$52,510
No formal educational credential
$37,550 – $61,10070
15Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$51,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $73,83090
16Roofers$48,250
No formal educational credential
$36,500 – $77,410110

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

#	Occupation	MedianDavenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,180	$56,680 – $113,550	1,200
2	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,090	$58,810 – $105,170	90
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,950	$40,640 – $102,480	1,450
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,310	$46,560 – $100,930	680
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,440	$46,340 – $95,560	110
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,380	$50,510 – $85,490	440
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,850	$42,910 – $97,050	570
8	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,990	$47,190 – $81,940	60
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$60,680	$44,890 – $79,200	220
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,440	$39,520 – $91,550	670
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,870	$37,050 – $78,670	210
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,030	$33,440 – $100,790	400
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$54,380	$38,040 – $78,940	1,320
14	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$52,510	$37,550 – $61,100	70
15	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,770	$40,100 – $73,830	90
16	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$48,250	$36,500 – $77,410	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. 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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