High paying construction jobs in Flint, MI with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Flint, MI 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 Flint, MI run 7.0% below the national average (2024), so a Flint, MI salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Flint, MI · Employed

1Sheet Metal Workers$81,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,310 – $97,910240
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$80,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $105,850790
3Electricians$78,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,200 – $101,110790
4First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,270 – $106,220520
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$75,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,520 – $90,020240
6Construction and Building Inspectors$74,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,820 – $97,150100
7Roofers$70,760
No formal educational credential
$45,760 – $73,690120
8Carpenters$61,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,890 – $77,800330
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$61,230
No formal educational credential
$40,410 – $75,670260
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,000
No formal educational credential
$44,060 – $75,050400
11Construction Laborers$57,170
No formal educational credential
$37,760 – $80,970980
12Highway Maintenance Workers$55,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,340 – $60,820110
13Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$45,630
No formal educational credential
$41,150 – $62,23040

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

#	Occupation	MedianFlint, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,790	$47,310 – $97,910	240
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,510	$46,010 – $105,850	790
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,270	$44,200 – $101,110	790
4	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,230	$55,270 – $106,220	520
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,140	$46,520 – $90,020	240
6	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,640	$41,820 – $97,150	100
7	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$70,760	$45,760 – $73,690	120
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,360	$45,890 – $77,800	330
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$61,230	$40,410 – $75,670	260
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$60,000	$44,060 – $75,050	400
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$57,170	$37,760 – $80,970	980
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,900	$40,340 – $60,820	110
13	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard TilesNo formal educational credential	$45,630	$41,150 – $62,230	40

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