High paying construction jobs in Michigan City-La Porte, IN with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Michigan City-La Porte, 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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN run 8.3% below the national average (2024), so a Michigan City-La Porte, IN salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Michigan City-La Porte, IN · Employed

1Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$98,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,330 – $102,860170
2Sheet Metal Workers$93,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,730 – $104,05050
3Carpenters$91,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,910 – $91,980260
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$82,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,030 – $98,62090
5First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$79,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,470 – $118,980220
6Electricians$65,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,310 – $98,690130
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$63,830
No formal educational credential
$44,550 – $80,02070
8Construction and Building Inspectors$59,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,090 – $86,80030
9Construction Laborers$58,240
No formal educational credential
$36,350 – $78,260430
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,430
No formal educational credential
$33,220 – $65,79040
11Highway Maintenance Workers$48,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,940 – $53,310160

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

#	Occupation	MedianMichigan City-La Porte, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,120	$50,330 – $102,860	170
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$93,350	$43,730 – $104,050	50
3	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,970	$49,910 – $91,980	260
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,200	$48,030 – $98,620	90
5	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,130	$55,470 – $118,980	220
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,270	$45,310 – $98,690	130
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$63,830	$44,550 – $80,020	70
8	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,910	$50,090 – $86,800	30
9	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$58,240	$36,350 – $78,260	430
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,430	$33,220 – $65,790	40
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,780	$40,940 – $53,310	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Michigan City-La Porte, 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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