High paying construction jobs in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT run 1.8% below the national average (2024), so a Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,000 – $115,8002,740
2Construction and Building Inspectors$69,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,640 – $95,990260
3Sheet Metal Workers$63,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,550 – $92,060250
4Brickmasons and Blockmasons$62,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,840 – $78,280510
5Electricians$60,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $88,3202,080
6Solar Photovoltaic Installers$59,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $76,840200
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $73,8601,440
8Structural Iron and Steel Workers$57,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,290 – $74,300320
9Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,540 – $78,4201,450
10Tile and Stone Setters$54,430
No formal educational credential
$35,780 – $76,180210
11Plasterers and Stucco Masons$53,570
No formal educational credential
$44,880 – $77,060270
12Carpenters$53,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,190 – $74,6003,080
13Highway Maintenance Workers$53,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,370 – $67,500200
14Glaziers$52,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,290 – $67,540100
15Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$51,170
No formal educational credential
$40,920 – $64,4501,210
16Pipelayers$50,020
No formal educational credential
$47,750 – $59,430130
17Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$49,760
No formal educational credential
$37,010 – $59,780590
18Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,550 – $61,760140
19Construction Laborers$46,640
No formal educational credential
$26,880 – $61,9604,760
20Roofers$46,600
No formal educational credential
$28,700 – $65,970280
21Painters, Construction and Maintenance$38,920
No formal educational credential
$31,280 – $58,120640

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

#	Occupation	MedianProvo-Orem-Lehi, UT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,070	$52,000 – $115,800	2,740
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,110	$44,640 – $95,990	260
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,330	$43,550 – $92,060	250
4	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,380	$46,840 – $78,280	510
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,860	$38,020 – $88,320	2,080
6	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,950	$35,660 – $76,840	200
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,880	$47,500 – $73,860	1,440
8	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,960	$40,290 – $74,300	320
9	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,130	$40,540 – $78,420	1,450
10	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$54,430	$35,780 – $76,180	210
11	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$53,570	$44,880 – $77,060	270
12	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,230	$37,190 – $74,600	3,080
13	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,170	$44,370 – $67,500	200
14	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,430	$44,290 – $67,540	100
15	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$51,170	$40,920 – $64,450	1,210
16	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$50,020	$47,750 – $59,430	130
17	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$49,760	$37,010 – $59,780	590
18	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$46,550 – $61,760	140
19	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,640	$26,880 – $61,960	4,760
20	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$46,600	$28,700 – $65,970	280
21	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$38,920	$31,280 – $58,120	640

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT. 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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