High paying construction jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD run 2.6% above the national average (2024), so a Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$95,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,620 – $151,49010,700
2Sheet Metal Workers$77,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,510 – $125,8701,530
3Brickmasons and Blockmasons$75,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,300 – $106,0401,210
4Construction and Building Inspectors$75,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,440 – $106,1302,900
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$74,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,400 – $142,2107,150
6Electricians$74,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,980 – $132,61010,090
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$66,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,780 – $113,3105,620
8Carpenters$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,690 – $98,47014,260
9Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$61,280
No formal educational credential
$37,500 – $93,600980
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,900
No formal educational credential
$42,180 – $94,7401,870
11Roofers$59,730
No formal educational credential
$40,530 – $86,6301,530
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,410
No formal educational credential
$37,520 – $76,9603,360
13Construction Laborers$55,120
No formal educational credential
$38,390 – $83,20014,580
14Highway Maintenance Workers$43,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,410 – $73,6903,450

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

#	Occupation	MedianPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,840	$62,620 – $151,490	10,700
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,140	$45,510 – $125,870	1,530
3	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,970	$54,300 – $106,040	1,210
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,710	$50,440 – $106,130	2,900
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,860	$48,400 – $142,210	7,150
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,590	$46,980 – $132,610	10,090
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,810	$48,780 – $113,310	5,620
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$45,690 – $98,470	14,260
9	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$61,280	$37,500 – $93,600	980
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$60,900	$42,180 – $94,740	1,870
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$59,730	$40,530 – $86,630	1,530
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,410	$37,520 – $76,960	3,360
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$55,120	$38,390 – $83,200	14,580
14	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,890	$40,410 – $73,690	3,450

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. 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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