High paying construction jobs in Pittsburgh, PA with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Pittsburgh, PA 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 Pittsburgh, PA run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a Pittsburgh, PA salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Pittsburgh, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$83,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,570 – $129,9306,000
2Structural Iron and Steel Workers$82,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,330 – $106,150370
3Brickmasons and Blockmasons$76,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,440 – $97,220590
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$70,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,910 – $107,8702,910
5Electricians$69,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,780 – $106,8405,210
6Construction and Building Inspectors$64,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,610 – $93,8301,210
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$63,310
No formal educational credential
$46,080 – $74,7601,500
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$62,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,480 – $94,5705,050
9Carpenters$61,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,940 – $93,6005,920
10Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$60,600
No formal educational credential
$45,770 – $73,380380
11Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$59,520
No formal educational credential
$40,990 – $74,940710
12Sheet Metal Workers$58,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $88,420870
13Roofers$52,350
No formal educational credential
$39,430 – $75,330770
14Construction Laborers$50,600
No formal educational credential
$37,390 – $71,8508,620
15Highway Maintenance Workers$49,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $69,3302,270
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,490
No formal educational credential
$36,040 – $70,6401,260
17Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$47,830
No formal educational credential
$39,480 – $61,320800
18Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$47,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,000 – $70,390430

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

#	Occupation	MedianPittsburgh, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,030	$59,570 – $129,930	6,000
2	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,860	$56,330 – $106,150	370
3	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,940	$50,440 – $97,220	590
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,100	$46,910 – $107,870	2,910
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,340	$45,780 – $106,840	5,210
6	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,610	$48,610 – $93,830	1,210
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$63,310	$46,080 – $74,760	1,500
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,320	$47,480 – $94,570	5,050
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,180	$43,940 – $93,600	5,920
10	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$60,600	$45,770 – $73,380	380
11	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$59,520	$40,990 – $74,940	710
12	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,050	$47,840 – $88,420	870
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$52,350	$39,430 – $75,330	770
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$50,600	$37,390 – $71,850	8,620
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,710	$38,520 – $69,330	2,270
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,490	$36,040 – $70,640	1,260
17	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$47,830	$39,480 – $61,320	800
18	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,010	$37,000 – $70,390	430

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