High paying construction jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 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, Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$79,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,730 – $100,9803,240
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$74,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,250 – $94,9202,780
3Structural Iron and Steel Workers$69,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,400 – $88,050310
4Construction and Building Inspectors$63,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $100,250380
5Electricians$62,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,700 – $85,2604,340
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,150 – $90,3101,920
7Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$61,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,200 – $87,940240
8Brickmasons and Blockmasons$61,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $77,960280
9Sheet Metal Workers$61,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,030 – $92,490970
10Carpenters$56,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,980 – $75,3602,990
11Glaziers$55,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,470 – $60,840260
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$52,700
No formal educational credential
$38,500 – $72,720610
13Roofers$49,160
No formal educational credential
$39,890 – $72,000550
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$48,920
No formal educational credential
$37,980 – $64,880590
15Construction Laborers$47,420
No formal educational credential
$36,560 – $64,9704,600
16Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$45,990
No formal educational credential
$23,020 – $60,820230
17Highway Maintenance Workers$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $53,280490
18Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $47,200440
19Helpers--Electricians$44,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $50,760260

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,190	$54,730 – $100,980	3,240
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,680	$48,250 – $94,920	2,780
3	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,280	$51,400 – $88,050	310
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,600	$37,140 – $100,250	380
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,440	$37,700 – $85,260	4,340
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,890	$48,150 – $90,310	1,920
7	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,140	$40,200 – $87,940	240
8	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,100	$38,610 – $77,960	280
9	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,010	$46,030 – $92,490	970
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,520	$38,980 – $75,360	2,990
11	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,170	$45,470 – $60,840	260
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$52,700	$38,500 – $72,720	610
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,160	$39,890 – $72,000	550
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$48,920	$37,980 – $64,880	590
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$47,420	$36,560 – $64,970	4,600
16	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$45,990	$23,020 – $60,820	230
17	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$38,480 – $53,280	490
18	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$35,880 – $47,200	440
19	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,800	$37,160 – $50,760	260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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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