High paying construction jobs in Rochester, NY with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Rochester, NY 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 Rochester, NY run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rochester, NY salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Rochester, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$81,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,560 – $123,4302,080
2Construction and Building Inspectors$77,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,170 – $110,500690
3Electricians$77,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,410 – $107,9102,540
4Brickmasons and Blockmasons$73,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,440 – $94,350180
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$73,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,570 – $100,1401,460
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$65,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,800 – $112,740910
7Sheet Metal Workers$63,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,700 – $97,170510
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,370
No formal educational credential
$47,600 – $78,010290
9Roofers$60,880
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $74,510540
10Glaziers$60,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,490 – $106,300200
11Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$59,910
No formal educational credential
$47,070 – $83,450200
12Carpenters$59,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,360 – $82,6702,350
13Highway Maintenance Workers$58,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,810 – $70,2001,160
14Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$56,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,900 – $95,140260
15Construction Laborers$49,290
No formal educational credential
$33,690 – $80,5802,550
16Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$49,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,450 – $73,600280
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,230
No formal educational credential
$39,970 – $66,680590

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

#	Occupation	MedianRochester, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,380	$59,560 – $123,430	2,080
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,340	$46,170 – $110,500	690
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,310	$45,410 – $107,910	2,540
4	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,860	$50,440 – $94,350	180
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,580	$43,570 – $100,140	1,460
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,720	$46,800 – $112,740	910
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,710	$37,700 – $97,170	510
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,370	$47,600 – $78,010	290
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$60,880	$32,240 – $74,510	540
10	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,520	$45,490 – $106,300	200
11	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$59,910	$47,070 – $83,450	200
12	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,490	$44,360 – $82,670	2,350
13	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,470	$45,810 – $70,200	1,160
14	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,530	$45,900 – $95,140	260
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,290	$33,690 – $80,580	2,550
16	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,250	$46,450 – $73,600	280
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,230	$39,970 – $66,680	590

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