High paying construction jobs in Macon-Bibb County, GA with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Macon-Bibb County, GA 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA run 11.5% below the national average (2024), so a Macon-Bibb County, GA 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, Macon-Bibb County, GA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$69,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,140 – $104,540520
2Construction and Building Inspectors$57,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,870 – $89,91060
3Electricians$54,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,710 – $83,560380
4Sheet Metal Workers$49,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $60,99040
5Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $63,14080
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $70,480170
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $58,200310
8Roofers$46,030
No formal educational credential
$33,350 – $62,56040
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,470
No formal educational credential
$36,330 – $52,11040
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$43,530
No formal educational credential
$31,740 – $67,51030
11Carpenters$41,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,050 – $62,95070
12Construction Laborers$40,010
No formal educational credential
$29,990 – $50,670420
13Helpers--Electricians$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,440 – $47,89090
14Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$36,970
No formal educational credential
$29,060 – $60,52050
15Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$36,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,480 – $44,32050
16Highway Maintenance Workers$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,320 – $50,92040

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

#	Occupation	MedianMacon-Bibb County, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,300	$50,140 – $104,540	520
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,300	$41,870 – $89,910	60
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,320	$33,710 – $83,560	380
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,980	$38,480 – $60,990	40
5	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$45,760 – $63,140	80
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$35,930 – $70,480	170
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$38,500 – $58,200	310
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$46,030	$33,350 – $62,560	40
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,470	$36,330 – $52,110	40
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$43,530	$31,740 – $67,510	30
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,670	$30,050 – $62,950	70
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$40,010	$29,990 – $50,670	420
13	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$29,440 – $47,890	90
14	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$36,970	$29,060 – $60,520	50
15	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,240	$29,480 – $44,320	50
16	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$30,320 – $50,920	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Macon-Bibb County, GA. 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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