High paying construction jobs in Minot, ND with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Minot, ND 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 Minot, ND run 13.0% below the national average (2024), so a Minot, ND salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Minot, ND · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$82,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,980 – $124,660420
2Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$62,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,990 – $88,570290
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$62,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,030 – $82,380150
4Electricians$59,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,700 – $96,830340
5Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$59,400
No formal educational credential
$37,300 – $77,840380
6Carpenters$58,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,730 – $76,960160
7Highway Maintenance Workers$58,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,940 – $68,38090
8Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$50,490
No formal educational credential
$39,200 – $64,890220
9Roofers$49,410
No formal educational credential
$46,220 – $73,15040
10Construction Laborers$49,180
No formal educational credential
$37,210 – $67,010340

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

#	Occupation	MedianMinot, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,680	$60,980 – $124,660	420
2	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,990	$50,990 – $88,570	290
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,400	$46,030 – $82,380	150
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,800	$45,700 – $96,830	340
5	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$59,400	$37,300 – $77,840	380
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,950	$36,730 – $76,960	160
7	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,070	$44,940 – $68,380	90
8	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$50,490	$39,200 – $64,890	220
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,410	$46,220 – $73,150	40
10	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,180	$37,210 – $67,010	340

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