High paying construction jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Memphis, TN-MS-AR salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Memphis, TN-MS-AR · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,500 – $109,2802,500
2Electricians$60,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,670 – $84,8902,770
3Sheet Metal Workers$60,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,580 – $81,850310
4Construction and Building Inspectors$59,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,870 – $89,420570
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$58,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $82,0201,920
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$53,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,560 – $72,7901,140
7Carpenters$50,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,250 – $64,7801,240
8Structural Iron and Steel Workers$50,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $71,140240
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$50,030
No formal educational credential
$38,010 – $61,690510
10Roofers$46,480
No formal educational credential
$37,090 – $63,120360
11Construction Laborers$44,810
No formal educational credential
$34,970 – $64,7503,940
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$44,620
No formal educational credential
$36,640 – $63,240590
13Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$39,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $60,600200
14Helpers--Electricians$38,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,460 – $47,580460
15Highway Maintenance Workers$37,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,040 – $56,220370

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

#	Occupation	MedianMemphis, TN-MS-AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,850	$49,500 – $109,280	2,500
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,890	$38,670 – $84,890	2,770
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,780	$39,580 – $81,850	310
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,750	$42,870 – $89,420	570
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,690	$37,530 – $82,020	1,920
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,870	$40,560 – $72,790	1,140
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,620	$40,250 – $64,780	1,240
8	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,390	$36,340 – $71,140	240
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$50,030	$38,010 – $61,690	510
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$46,480	$37,090 – $63,120	360
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$44,810	$34,970 – $64,750	3,940
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$44,620	$36,640 – $63,240	590
13	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,120	$38,230 – $60,600	200
14	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,420	$31,460 – $47,580	460
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,710	$29,040 – $56,220	370

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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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