High paying construction jobs in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL run 1.4% above the national average (2024), so a Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,320 – $112,98010,190
2Construction and Building Inspectors$66,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,840 – $100,0601,750
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$55,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $72,9504,040
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$51,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,280 – $63,8004,330
5Electricians$50,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $74,5406,970
6Carpenters$49,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,560 – $65,4505,360
7Sheet Metal Workers$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $83,7201,140
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,800
No formal educational credential
$37,900 – $61,5602,120
9Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$47,760
No formal educational credential
$30,340 – $60,590900
10Tile and Stone Setters$47,460
No formal educational credential
$27,730 – $71,590450
11Roofers$47,300
No formal educational credential
$30,910 – $63,0702,650
12Glaziers$47,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,120 – $62,980650
13Pipelayers$46,650
No formal educational credential
$37,620 – $58,240690
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,210
No formal educational credential
$35,240 – $61,1502,840
15Construction Laborers$40,880
No formal educational credential
$30,560 – $58,02012,290
16Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$38,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,140 – $49,240500
17Helpers--Electricians$37,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,520 – $46,350850

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

#	Occupation	MedianOrlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,910	$50,320 – $112,980	10,190
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,180	$43,840 – $100,060	1,750
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,380	$39,900 – $72,950	4,040
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,020	$39,280 – $63,800	4,330
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,820	$37,820 – $74,540	6,970
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,750	$36,560 – $65,450	5,360
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$35,140 – $83,720	1,140
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,800	$37,900 – $61,560	2,120
9	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$47,760	$30,340 – $60,590	900
10	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$47,460	$27,730 – $71,590	450
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,300	$30,910 – $63,070	2,650
12	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,270	$36,120 – $62,980	650
13	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$46,650	$37,620 – $58,240	690
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,210	$35,240 – $61,150	2,840
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$40,880	$30,560 – $58,020	12,290
16	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,030	$32,140 – $49,240	500
17	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,740	$34,520 – $46,350	850

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL. 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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