High paying construction jobs in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV run 0.2% above the national average (2024), so a Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 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, Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV · Employed

1Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers$141,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$100,670 – $172,800410
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$80,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,520 – $130,8606,230
3Construction and Building Inspectors$73,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,360 – $103,7201,370
4Electricians$70,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,810 – $121,2005,730
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$63,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,820 – $121,4802,460
6Tile and Stone Setters$63,540
No formal educational credential
$44,030 – $121,900990
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$62,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,320 – $102,140910
8Carpenters$62,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,430 – $102,9109,310
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,870
No formal educational credential
$45,880 – $92,5102,280
10Tapers$60,670
No formal educational credential
$45,750 – $101,380900
11Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$59,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $119,3003,800
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,360
No formal educational credential
$41,430 – $101,0903,030
13Plasterers and Stucco Masons$57,140
No formal educational credential
$40,780 – $103,240780
14Brickmasons and Blockmasons$55,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,580 – $76,790690
15Carpet Installers$54,850
No formal educational credential
$39,350 – $81,340500
16Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$52,280
No formal educational credential
$40,920 – $101,7802,340
17Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$51,640
No formal educational credential
$37,440 – $97,810400
18Roofers$49,800
No formal educational credential
$36,050 – $78,3701,350
19Glaziers$49,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,110 – $74,540490
20Construction Laborers$48,230
No formal educational credential
$36,220 – $76,5908,280
21Sheet Metal Workers$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $121,730910
22Highway Maintenance Workers$46,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $73,380440
23Helpers--Electricians$44,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,970 – $63,320370
24Helpers--Carpenters$36,010
No formal educational credential
$26,800 – $46,260390

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

#	Occupation	MedianLas Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Elevator and Escalator Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$141,920	$100,670 – $172,800	410
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,630	$56,520 – $130,860	6,230
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,060	$52,360 – $103,720	1,370
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,890	$45,810 – $121,200	5,730
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,910	$48,820 – $121,480	2,460
6	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$63,540	$44,030 – $121,900	990
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,510	$43,320 – $102,140	910
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,380	$41,430 – $102,910	9,310
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$60,870	$45,880 – $92,510	2,280
10	TapersNo formal educational credential	$60,670	$45,750 – $101,380	900
11	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,700	$42,210 – $119,300	3,800
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,360	$41,430 – $101,090	3,030
13	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$57,140	$40,780 – $103,240	780
14	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,580	$46,580 – $76,790	690
15	Carpet InstallersNo formal educational credential	$54,850	$39,350 – $81,340	500
16	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$52,280	$40,920 – $101,780	2,340
17	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard TilesNo formal educational credential	$51,640	$37,440 – $97,810	400
18	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,800	$36,050 – $78,370	1,350
19	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,540	$40,110 – $74,540	490
20	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$48,230	$36,220 – $76,590	8,280
21	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$37,530 – $121,730	910
22	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,340	$36,070 – $73,380	440
23	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,150	$37,970 – $63,320	370
24	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$36,010	$26,800 – $46,260	390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV. 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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