High paying construction jobs in Midland, TX with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Midland, TX 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 Midland, TX run 4.2% below the national average (2024), so a Midland, TX salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Midland, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$79,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,950 – $132,6402,700
2Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas$78,260
No formal educational credential
$51,790 – $108,830490
3Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$63,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,690 – $70,59060
4Carpenters$60,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,100 – $76,420170
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$60,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,580 – $80,760510
6Construction and Building Inspectors$59,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,400 – $105,810220
7Electricians$59,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $77,950980
8Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$58,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $73,60070
9Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$57,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $77,1001,150
10Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$56,120
No formal educational credential
$50,230 – $70,970580
11Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$49,470
No formal educational credential
$37,440 – $79,3003,460
12Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$49,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,170 – $59,210150
13Helpers--Electricians$48,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,360 – $56,120160
14Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,360
No formal educational credential
$38,320 – $61,230120
15Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$47,180
No formal educational credential
$36,750 – $59,5503,940
16Pipelayers$45,440
No formal educational credential
$41,280 – $61,830100
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,220
No formal educational credential
$38,090 – $60,440150
18Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$43,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $61,60050
19Helpers--Extraction Workers$42,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,110 – $47,270150
20Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$39,650
No formal educational credential
$33,410 – $57,50090
21Construction Laborers$39,500
No formal educational credential
$35,710 – $55,9401,970

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

#	Occupation	MedianMidland, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,940	$47,950 – $132,640	2,700
2	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$78,260	$51,790 – $108,830	490
3	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,730	$40,690 – $70,590	60
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,830	$45,100 – $76,420	170
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,700	$41,580 – $80,760	510
6	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,630	$39,400 – $105,810	220
7	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,530	$38,960 – $77,950	980
8	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,360	$37,820 – $73,600	70
9	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,900	$46,010 – $77,100	1,150
10	Derrick Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$56,120	$50,230 – $70,970	580
11	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$49,470	$37,440 – $79,300	3,460
12	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,070	$39,170 – $59,210	150
13	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,050	$36,360 – $56,120	160
14	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,360	$38,320 – $61,230	120
15	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$47,180	$36,750 – $59,550	3,940
16	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$45,440	$41,280 – $61,830	100
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,220	$38,090 – $60,440	150
18	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,370	$37,030 – $61,600	50
19	Helpers--Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,810	$38,110 – $47,270	150
20	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$39,650	$33,410 – $57,500	90
21	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$39,500	$35,710 – $55,940	1,970

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Midland, TX. 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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