High paying construction jobs in Duluth, MN-WI with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Duluth, MN-WI 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 Duluth, MN-WI run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Duluth, MN-WI salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Duluth, MN-WI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$91,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,510 – $117,590820
2Sheet Metal Workers$86,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,180 – $104,540110
3Continuous Mining Machine Operators$86,230
No formal educational credential
$62,390 – $94,88050
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$85,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,300 – $109,350420
5Electricians$82,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,060 – $110,010680
6Brickmasons and Blockmasons$80,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,200 – $97,99060
7Construction and Building Inspectors$79,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,670 – $105,44050
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$75,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,790 – $95,140770
9Roofers$72,860
No formal educational credential
$47,110 – $90,040240
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$70,320
No formal educational credential
$45,860 – $92,040150
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$68,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,120 – $92,01050
12Construction Laborers$61,340
No formal educational credential
$43,620 – $89,4301,390
13Carpenters$60,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,350 – $90,030620
14Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$60,220
No formal educational credential
$35,120 – $76,00040
15Highway Maintenance Workers$59,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,600 – $70,680360
16Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$58,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,220 – $83,36040
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,720
No formal educational credential
$34,290 – $78,000120

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

#	Occupation	MedianDuluth, MN-WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,630	$54,510 – $117,590	820
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,630	$47,180 – $104,540	110
3	Continuous Mining Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$86,230	$62,390 – $94,880	50
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,060	$46,300 – $109,350	420
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,700	$47,060 – $110,010	680
6	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,660	$58,200 – $97,990	60
7	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,470	$57,670 – $105,440	50
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,040	$47,790 – $95,140	770
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$72,860	$47,110 – $90,040	240
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$70,320	$45,860 – $92,040	150
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,180	$58,120 – $92,010	50
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$61,340	$43,620 – $89,430	1,390
13	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,520	$44,350 – $90,030	620
14	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$60,220	$35,120 – $76,000	40
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,450	$46,600 – $70,680	360
16	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,400	$41,220 – $83,360	40
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,720	$34,290 – $78,000	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Duluth, MN-WI. 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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