High paying construction jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA run 1.8% above the national average (2024), so a Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 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, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Employed

1Structural Iron and Steel Workers$98,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$80,010 – $124,120640
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$97,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,410 – $129,8603,350
3Brickmasons and Blockmasons$86,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,980 – $125,340450
4Construction and Building Inspectors$80,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,450 – $110,940510
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$79,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,590 – $110,7703,000
6Electricians$73,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,760 – $102,8403,560
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$69,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,470 – $105,0001,570
8Sheet Metal Workers$65,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,670 – $81,980520
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$63,300
No formal educational credential
$48,680 – $102,490390
10Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$63,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,040 – $85,530220
11Carpenters$61,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $100,7104,140
12Roofers$61,560
No formal educational credential
$44,040 – $93,740460
13Construction Laborers$59,280
No formal educational credential
$39,760 – $90,7903,240
14Highway Maintenance Workers$58,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,480 – $68,350800
15Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$53,340
No formal educational credential
$38,090 – $79,510520
16Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$46,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,440 – $79,500440
17Fence Erectors$46,450
No formal educational credential
$45,760 – $60,320450
18Painters, Construction and Maintenance$44,320
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $75,7101,370

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

#	Occupation	MedianProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,320	$80,010 – $124,120	640
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,560	$61,410 – $129,860	3,350
3	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,990	$51,980 – $125,340	450
4	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,100	$57,450 – $110,940	510
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,820	$49,590 – $110,770	3,000
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,980	$42,760 – $102,840	3,560
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,900	$52,470 – $105,000	1,570
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,100	$42,670 – $81,980	520
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$63,300	$48,680 – $102,490	390
10	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,050	$46,040 – $85,530	220
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,910	$47,500 – $100,710	4,140
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$61,560	$44,040 – $93,740	460
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$59,280	$39,760 – $90,790	3,240
14	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,970	$46,480 – $68,350	800
15	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$53,340	$38,090 – $79,510	520
16	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,790	$40,440 – $79,500	440
17	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$46,450	$45,760 – $60,320	450
18	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$44,320	$31,200 – $75,710	1,370

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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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