High paying construction jobs in Ogden, UT with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Ogden, UT 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 Ogden, UT run 0.3% above the national average (2024), so a Ogden, UT salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Ogden, UT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,340 – $107,7302,080
2Construction and Building Inspectors$75,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,930 – $101,930200
3Sheet Metal Workers$65,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,510 – $78,780710
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,540 – $83,3701,310
5Electricians$62,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,740 – $86,6501,670
6Brickmasons and Blockmasons$60,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,570 – $77,260270
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$60,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,070 – $74,7601,160
8Structural Iron and Steel Workers$56,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,710 – $72,890260
9Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$54,240
No formal educational credential
$37,690 – $64,760360
10Plasterers and Stucco Masons$54,010
No formal educational credential
$31,660 – $77,110110
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$52,000
No formal educational credential
$46,220 – $63,310840
12Roofers$51,700
No formal educational credential
$34,840 – $64,520510
13Highway Maintenance Workers$51,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $66,710150
14Pipelayers$50,200
No formal educational credential
$49,370 – $62,140100
15Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$49,860
No formal educational credential
$39,060 – $86,45090
16Solar Photovoltaic Installers$48,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $59,740190
17Carpenters$48,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $75,4302,150
18Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,590
No formal educational credential
$36,940 – $73,090600
19Tile and Stone Setters$47,330
No formal educational credential
$22,750 – $59,880170
20Construction Laborers$46,400
No formal educational credential
$36,600 – $65,4803,140
21Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$46,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,870 – $70,480110
22Helpers--Carpenters$26,730
No formal educational credential
$26,730 – $44,260160

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

#	Occupation	MedianOgden, UT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,620	$53,340 – $107,730	2,080
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,360	$48,930 – $101,930	200
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,270	$49,510 – $78,780	710
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,860	$40,540 – $83,370	1,310
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,030	$39,740 – $86,650	1,670
6	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,560	$40,570 – $77,260	270
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,250	$48,070 – $74,760	1,160
8	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,420	$38,710 – $72,890	260
9	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$54,240	$37,690 – $64,760	360
10	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$54,010	$31,660 – $77,110	110
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$52,000	$46,220 – $63,310	840
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$51,700	$34,840 – $64,520	510
13	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,040	$38,620 – $66,710	150
14	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$50,200	$49,370 – $62,140	100
15	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard TilesNo formal educational credential	$49,860	$39,060 – $86,450	90
16	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,290	$44,550 – $59,740	190
17	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,270	$33,860 – $75,430	2,150
18	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,590	$36,940 – $73,090	600
19	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$47,330	$22,750 – $59,880	170
20	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,400	$36,600 – $65,480	3,140
21	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,120	$45,870 – $70,480	110
22	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$26,730	$26,730 – $44,260	160

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