High paying construction jobs in Saginaw, MI with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Saginaw, MI 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 Saginaw, MI run 9.1% below the national average (2024), so a Saginaw, MI salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Saginaw, MI · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$80,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,520 – $101,440260
2Electricians$79,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,060 – $94,360300
3First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,750 – $121,940300
4Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$72,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,280 – $72,80030
5Construction and Building Inspectors$68,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,620 – $88,14070
6Painters, Construction and Maintenance$63,360
No formal educational credential
$38,980 – $72,260130
7Carpenters$62,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,030 – $76,710320
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,100 – $96,890170
9Roofers$57,300
No formal educational credential
$37,280 – $72,37050
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$56,990
No formal educational credential
$39,480 – $73,05080
11Structural Iron and Steel Workers$56,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,440 – $80,130100
12Highway Maintenance Workers$54,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $63,740150
13Construction Laborers$49,000
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $64,990540

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

#	Occupation	MedianSaginaw, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,440	$45,520 – $101,440	260
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,860	$44,060 – $94,360	300
3	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,830	$52,750 – $121,940	300
4	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,800	$54,280 – $72,800	30
5	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,940	$48,620 – $88,140	70
6	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$63,360	$38,980 – $72,260	130
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,240	$44,030 – $76,710	320
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,830	$47,100 – $96,890	170
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$57,300	$37,280 – $72,370	50
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$56,990	$39,480 – $73,050	80
11	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,300	$38,440 – $80,130	100
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,900	$36,520 – $63,740	150
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,000	$31,200 – $64,990	540

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