High paying construction jobs in Mississippi with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Mississippi 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 Mississippi run 13.0% below the national average (2024), so a Mississippi 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Mississippi.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Mississippi · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$66,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,930 – $103,7507,040
2Electricians$60,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,200 – $76,5406,610
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$55,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,830 – $75,4703,360
4Structural Iron and Steel Workers$50,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,700 – $74,520480
5Construction and Building Inspectors$50,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $76,400800
6Sheet Metal Workers$49,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,560 – $70,6301,260
7Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$49,240
No formal educational credential
$37,300 – $71,930420
8Carpenters$48,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $63,4402,950
9Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,180 – $67,0304,170
10Roofers$44,940
No formal educational credential
$35,280 – $62,830480
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$44,800
No formal educational credential
$34,530 – $64,7201,060
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$43,980
No formal educational credential
$32,710 – $57,020930
13Construction Laborers$37,710
No formal educational credential
$29,370 – $52,6408,800
14Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,860 – $43,760400
15Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$37,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,250 – $51,280470
16Glaziers$36,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,680 – $48,830820
17Helpers--Electricians$35,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $44,800930
18Highway Maintenance Workers$35,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,700 – $45,1704,160

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

#	Occupation	MedianMississippi	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,910	$45,930 – $103,750	7,040
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,860	$38,200 – $76,540	6,610
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,480	$35,830 – $75,470	3,360
4	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,690	$30,700 – $74,520	480
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,250	$35,600 – $76,400	800
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,500	$36,560 – $70,630	1,260
7	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$49,240	$37,300 – $71,930	420
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,650	$34,670 – $63,440	2,950
9	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,410	$36,180 – $67,030	4,170
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$44,940	$35,280 – $62,830	480
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$44,800	$34,530 – $64,720	1,060
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$43,980	$32,710 – $57,020	930
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$37,710	$29,370 – $52,640	8,800
14	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$28,860 – $43,760	400
15	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,030	$30,250 – $51,280	470
16	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,750	$29,680 – $48,830	820
17	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,680	$29,120 – $44,800	930
18	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,120	$27,700 – $45,170	4,160

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