High paying construction jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA run 6.4% above the national average (2024), so a Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA salary is worth about 0.94× 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, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$89,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,620 – $127,5701,160
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$82,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,520 – $131,8908,420
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$78,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,640 – $127,8404,740
4Electricians$72,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,360 – $139,4307,880
5Structural Iron and Steel Workers$72,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,280 – $105,5701,120
6Carpenters$70,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,430 – $111,96012,970
7Sheet Metal Workers$68,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,870 – $126,010750
8Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$63,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,910 – $115,3404,510
9Roofers$62,050
No formal educational credential
$47,840 – $79,8602,480
10Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$61,420
No formal educational credential
$39,110 – $101,6303,640
11Highway Maintenance Workers$61,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,790 – $78,000660
12Glaziers$60,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,890 – $115,540840
13Solar Photovoltaic Installers$60,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,670 – $77,440790
14Tapers$59,740
No formal educational credential
$38,820 – $100,110730
15Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$59,550
No formal educational credential
$45,540 – $97,8004,740
16Construction Laborers$59,500
No formal educational credential
$38,690 – $96,08012,120
17Tile and Stone Setters$54,850
No formal educational credential
$38,110 – $104,750940
18Plasterers and Stucco Masons$53,580
No formal educational credential
$45,010 – $77,1101,290
19Painters, Construction and Maintenance$48,910
No formal educational credential
$38,050 – $82,3303,750
20Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters$46,750
No formal educational credential
$36,830 – $66,830610

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

#	Occupation	MedianRiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,950	$51,620 – $127,570	1,160
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,710	$54,520 – $131,890	8,420
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,720	$48,640 – $127,840	4,740
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,790	$45,360 – $139,430	7,880
5	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,790	$47,280 – $105,570	1,120
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,880	$46,430 – $111,960	12,970
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,780	$44,870 – $126,010	750
8	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,920	$48,910 – $115,340	4,510
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$62,050	$47,840 – $79,860	2,480
10	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$61,420	$39,110 – $101,630	3,640
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,190	$47,790 – $78,000	660
12	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,750	$47,890 – $115,540	840
13	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,050	$46,670 – $77,440	790
14	TapersNo formal educational credential	$59,740	$38,820 – $100,110	730
15	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$59,550	$45,540 – $97,800	4,740
16	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$59,500	$38,690 – $96,080	12,120
17	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$54,850	$38,110 – $104,750	940
18	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$53,580	$45,010 – $77,110	1,290
19	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$48,910	$38,050 – $82,330	3,750
20	Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble SettersNo formal educational credential	$46,750	$36,830 – $66,830	610

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. 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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