High paying construction jobs in Ohio with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Ohio 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 Ohio run 7.2% below the national average (2024), so a Ohio salary is worth about 1.08× 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 Ohio.

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

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OccupationMedian, Ohio · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$79,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,850 – $107,06023,640
2Sheet Metal Workers$74,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,200 – $94,2404,180
3Structural Iron and Steel Workers$74,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $88,8602,290
4Construction and Building Inspectors$74,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,440 – $100,2903,490
5Brickmasons and Blockmasons$70,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,260 – $83,7902,770
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$64,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,850 – $98,10016,920
7Electricians$64,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $99,28028,950
8Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$63,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,470 – $101,41016,390
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,990
No formal educational credential
$44,130 – $81,3206,060
10Carpenters$60,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,290 – $81,14018,450
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$60,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,050 – $93,1602,370
12Construction Laborers$56,080
No formal educational credential
$37,370 – $79,11031,910
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,450
No formal educational credential
$37,060 – $74,4005,600
14Roofers$49,390
No formal educational credential
$39,940 – $75,3404,610
15Highway Maintenance Workers$48,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,570 – $67,2806,070

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

#	Occupation	MedianOhio	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,580	$57,850 – $107,060	23,640
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,790	$43,200 – $94,240	4,180
3	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,710	$47,840 – $88,860	2,290
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,490	$50,440 – $100,290	3,490
5	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,950	$46,260 – $83,790	2,770
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,940	$46,850 – $98,100	16,920
7	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,700	$40,750 – $99,280	28,950
8	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,330	$45,470 – $101,410	16,390
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,990	$44,130 – $81,320	6,060
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,810	$42,290 – $81,140	18,450
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,280	$38,050 – $93,160	2,370
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$56,080	$37,370 – $79,110	31,910
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,450	$37,060 – $74,400	5,600
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,390	$39,940 – $75,340	4,610
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,880	$36,570 – $67,280	6,070

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