High paying construction jobs in Greeley, CO with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Greeley, CO 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 Greeley, CO run 0.2% above the national average (2024), so a Greeley, CO salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Greeley, CO · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$78,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,200 – $103,080100
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,450 – $129,1101,970
3Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$64,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,280 – $73,80090
4Electricians$63,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,010 – $94,5401,240
5Brickmasons and Blockmasons$63,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,850 – $74,74060
6Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$61,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,250 – $67,99040
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$60,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,020 – $73,6401,550
8Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$60,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,880 – $60,960120
9Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$59,830
No formal educational credential
$42,470 – $70,79050
10Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$59,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,790 – $81,180520
11Structural Iron and Steel Workers$59,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,630 – $75,74080
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$58,970
No formal educational credential
$45,360 – $73,080420
13Carpenters$57,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,870 – $73,380560
14Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$57,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,850 – $63,960100
15Pipelayers$56,570
No formal educational credential
$39,480 – $61,74070
16Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$55,040
No formal educational credential
$46,180 – $59,50090
17Highway Maintenance Workers$52,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,390 – $63,60090
18Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$51,650
No formal educational credential
$45,810 – $97,9701,070
19Sheet Metal Workers$50,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,740 – $74,920120
20Roofers$49,940
No formal educational credential
$44,920 – $72,370250
21Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$49,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,360 – $68,70080
22Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$49,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,540 – $61,93060
23Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,070
No formal educational credential
$40,100 – $75,130180
24Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$48,540
No formal educational credential
$45,170 – $59,420910
25Construction Laborers$46,150
No formal educational credential
$38,400 – $62,4001,430

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreeley, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,370	$47,200 – $103,080	100
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,280	$59,450 – $129,110	1,970
3	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,050	$45,280 – $73,800	90
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,290	$43,010 – $94,540	1,240
5	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,070	$43,850 – $74,740	60
6	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,090	$45,250 – $67,990	40
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,690	$50,020 – $73,640	1,550
8	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,070	$48,880 – $60,960	120
9	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$59,830	$42,470 – $70,790	50
10	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,350	$46,790 – $81,180	520
11	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,100	$41,630 – $75,740	80
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$58,970	$45,360 – $73,080	420
13	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,880	$45,870 – $73,380	560
14	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,130	$43,850 – $63,960	100
15	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$56,570	$39,480 – $61,740	70
16	Derrick Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$55,040	$46,180 – $59,500	90
17	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,350	$48,390 – $63,600	90
18	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$51,650	$45,810 – $97,970	1,070
19	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,020	$40,740 – $74,920	120
20	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,940	$44,920 – $72,370	250
21	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,800	$39,360 – $68,700	80
22	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,350	$44,540 – $61,930	60
23	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,070	$40,100 – $75,130	180
24	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$48,540	$45,170 – $59,420	910
25	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,150	$38,400 – $62,400	1,430

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